no banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldno banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month ago“What’s up with your calculator, bruh? It says 2+2 equals infinity.” “Did you set it to F?” “Yeah. What’s F mean?” “It means it’s Fucked.”
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThat slider’s for base. F is hexadecimal, 9 is base 10, base 3’s always super useful. So many applications. You may ask, what does base 0 do? You’re looking at it.
“What’s up with your calculator, bruh? It says 2+2 equals infinity.”
“Did you set it to F?”
“Yeah. What’s F mean?”
“It means it’s Fucked.”
That slider’s for base. F is hexadecimal, 9 is base 10, base 3’s always super useful. So many applications.
You may ask, what does base 0 do?
You’re looking at it.