Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMy $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial numbersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down120
arrow-up1160arrow-down1imageMy $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial numbersh.itjust.worksZonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoIt’s not possible because that’s 16 digits.
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoLet me be the judge of that. Maybe you missed it, let me verify it for you.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·4 days agoBase 16 would like a word.
minus-squaremangaskahn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhat if they are generated in base 16, but numbers containing a-f are discarded. Did you think about that? Huh?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYes. The check digit is calculated using base 10
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoSeems 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!
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoEverything is in base 10 (unless it’s in unary).
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agonot if i debase your currency >:3
minus-squarebadlilbean@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoPlease tell me base 16 isn’t trying to hex-a-decimal
Now do your credit card.
It’s not possible because that’s 16 digits.
Let me be the judge of that. Maybe you missed it, let me verify it for you.
Base 16 would like a word.
Credit card numbers are in base 10
What if they are generated in base 16, but numbers containing a-f are discarded. Did you think about that? Huh?
Yes. The check digit is calculated using base 10
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!
Everything is in base 10 (unless it’s in unary).
not if i debase your currency >:3
Base ten then
Please tell me base 16 isn’t trying to hex-a-decimal