@Gwiggs The drawing was posted on https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/, maybe you can find more jokes that you like there 🙂.

@erou I'm overthinking this now

@medic @erou we could always do stuff like

base 9+1
base 3+1

like just use the biggest number in the base +1

@mumintrollet @erou yeah but then people at base 3+1 would be like what the fuck is a 9

@medic @mumintrollet I guess you could just say base 9 is base 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 🙃

@erou @mumintrollet

So we have to use unary then.

I use base 1111111111

@medic @mumintrollet Yep, and then as soon as you have defined your 10 (whatever number this is) symbols, everyone agree on what the number 163 is :)

@medic Yep I guess this would work, or naming bases with roman numbers like @anathem suggested, or with sticks!

Base IV or base IIII 🙂

@polychrome Is it base 10 (in base ten), base 2, Gray code, or base x?

@erou

@thomasmey The original post comes with explanations 😃

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1gr8yx/everything_is_base_10/

@erou
Thanks. Okay understood now. That was also my assumption. But it's just not funny