Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMy $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial numbersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down120
arrow-up1179arrow-down1imageMy $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial numbersh.itjust.worksZonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoIt’s not possible because that’s 16 digits.
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoLet me be the judge of that. Maybe you missed it, let me verify it for you.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·5 days agoBase 16 would like a word.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSeems to be correct, I was thinking of a different card in my wallet. Ahem I mean I fancypants McGee have the 16 element identity permutation for my card number!
minus-squaremangaskahn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWhat if they are generated in base 16, but numbers containing a-f are discarded. Did you think about that? Huh?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoYes. The check digit is calculated using base 10
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoEverything is in base 10 (unless it’s in unary).
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agonot if i debase your currency >:3
minus-squarebadlilbean@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoPlease tell me base 16 isn’t trying to hex-a-decimal
It’s not possible because that’s 16 digits.
Let me be the judge of that. Maybe you missed it, let me verify it for you.
Base 16 would like a word.
Credit card numbers are in base 10
Seems to be correct, I was thinking of a different card in my wallet.
Ahem I mean I fancypants McGee have the 16 element identity permutation for my card number!
What if they are generated in base 16, but numbers containing a-f are discarded. Did you think about that? Huh?
Yes. The check digit is calculated using base 10
Everything is in base 10 (unless it’s in unary).
not if i debase your currency >:3
Base ten then
Please tell me base 16 isn’t trying to hex-a-decimal