h a l f b a k e r yQuis custodiet the custard?
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I sometimes feel horrified when I check my balance on an ATM machine... I think I've heard people say at some point...
The idea is that you'd be able to select a base to work in when you log into the ATM (why isn't it called logging in anyway?)...
This way, if you use it infrequenty enough
to not adjust to the scale, you'll be pleased to see you've got lotsa cash... And you need not be embarrased as now your paranoia only tells you that other people can also see your wonderful wealth...
You'd need to pic a base over 2 or 3 though for the numbers you get to look convincing (note, this is only what you see... any numbers you enter will be considered in terms of base-10)...
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so you want to see your balance in binary or octal or some other non-base-10 system? |
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Say you're talking binary: if you have $500 in the bank, the display will show $111,110,011 |
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to request a withdrawl of $20, you'd request $10100 |
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Unless you're a real hardcore-and-proud-of-it geek, why would you want to do this to yourself? |
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This should be more hard-core:
you should select base *before*
you enter your pin and all I/O from
that point on would be in that
base. So if I picked binary, I'd have
to enter my PIN as
10010011110110 (for instance -
ahem). Now how infuriting would
that be for people behind me in
the queue? |
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Still doesn't change the fact that I'm broke as a joke. A major bank that I subscribe to does this to me all the time with overdraft fees. Asshats. |
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[FreeFall] please read the last paragraph of the idea? |
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