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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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An argument starter: which of these is the "second set of 4 digits in base 10"? (Body) (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 6 days ago by JustAnotherKay to c/showerthoughts

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[–] DomeGuy 7 points 6 days ago

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While 0 has no value and is often placed after 9 on keyboards, you asked about digits in a base and not numbers. This becomes clear if you describe the various bases.

Binary is 0-1
Octal is 0-7
Decimal is 0-9
Hexadecimal is 0-F

If you sort zero at the end, you'd need to spell out the digits or label them all as 1-0, which isn't very descriptive.

Mind you, "zero-first ordering of digits" is not a fundamental rule, since the glyphs only have a need to be sorted when they stand for a numerical value . And if you used a phrase like "first X digits" without noting a range the omission would be a composition error.