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Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

My $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial number

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My $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial number

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Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    It’s not possible because that’s 16 digits.

    • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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      Base 16 would like a word.

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        Credit card numbers are in base 10

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          Seems to be correct, I was thinking of a different card in my wallet.

          Ahem I mean I fancypants McGee have the 16 element identity permutation for my card number!

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          Everything is in base 10 (unless it’s in unary).

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            not if i debase your currency >:3

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              I’d personally enjoy it if it was you doing the debasing

          • Kairos@lemmy.today
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            Base ten then

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          What if they are generated in base 16, but numbers containing a-f are discarded. Did you think about that? Huh?

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            Yes. The check digit is calculated using base 10

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        Please tell me base 16 isn’t trying to hex-a-decimal

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      Let me be the judge of that. Maybe you missed it, let me verify it for you.

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