toot by @nixCraft@mastodon.social
Explanation:
In decimal (DEC), we count to 9 before adding a new digit. For example, the number after 9 is 10, and the number after 19 is 20.
In octal (OCT), we count to 7 before adding a new digit. The number after 7 is 10 and the number after 17 is 20.
DEC OCT 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 13 12 14 13 15 14 16 15 17 16 20 17 21 18 22 19 23 20 24 21 25 22 26 23 27 24 30 25 31 Thanks! I didn’t get it at first xD
This joke is so old, time since epoch was negative when it was made
Who use octal numbers in their program? If you do, why?
Aircraft SSR codes are octal
Only for representing permissions bits
I just wanted a short explanation.
Is this even right?
In the language man I wonder what the language is
I bet I lost that part of the explanation when I asked for layman’s terms.
Nah, pretty sure that is just a (very mild) hallucination because it couldn’t find an actual good example
Is anyone else bothered by how often things are reiterated in this reply?
Yes, that is correct.
Just put on A Nightmare Before Christmas and you’re good to go.
hint for those who don't get it
= HEX19
i love how well this joke works
