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for that one alien, you may say :
"base 3 + 3 + 3 + 1"
For universal other sentient beings, say :
"base 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
+ 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1"
"I'm 16, but in base 1, I'm 10000000000000000 years old. My ID just needs to be updated."
Since in base 2 you have two numerals that are (0, 1) ...
Then, in base 1 you would have only one numeral.
if it was (1) then you could write :
( , 1, 11, 111, ...)With a sign (-) for negative numbers :
( ..., -111, -11, -1, , 1, 11, 111, ... )I think the best way I've seen was to just poke the number of holes in the dirt or draw a picture, labeling them until you get to your base switching moment.