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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Use binary. You can count super high on your fingers, arithmetic is as easy as it gets. Binary is the best number system.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Nah, readability is low and you can't divide by three OR five easily. Binary has even fewer prime factors than decimal.