• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      6 hours ago

      Regardless of what base you’re using, 10 is always the nth number. In base 10 (normal numbers), 10 is 10th. In base 2 it is the 2nd.

      1. 1
      2. 10
      3. 11

      In base 16 (hexadecimal) it is the 16th.

      1. 1
      2. 2
      3. 3
      4. 4
      5. 5
      6. 6
      7. 7
      8. 8
      9. 9
      10. A
      11. B
      12. C
      13. D
      14. E
      15. F
      16. 10

      The original joke is “there are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don’t l” because 10 in binary is 2 in base 10. But they’re pointing out that a similar joke works for all bases of numbers.