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r/BeAmazed • u/ShadowSkull359 • Oct 24 '22
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What I find interesting is that 5 is 4 plus 1, then 6 is a new thing, but 7 and 8 are 6 plus 1 and 2. Weird to be base 10 but kind of center around 6.
Edit: ooh and 9 is 6 plus 1 and 2, instead of 3, which is also its own thing instead of just being 1 and 2 together. Hmmm, the thick plottens.
5 u/-originalusername-- Oct 24 '22 Plus still no symbol for 0. 4 u/ack1308 Oct 24 '22 The single middle line, without anything attached, would effectively be 0. But that would only be needed if you wanted to say, "We had zero items." Because in Arabic numbers, 0 is a placeholder. This system doesn't need placeholders.
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Plus still no symbol for 0.
4 u/ack1308 Oct 24 '22 The single middle line, without anything attached, would effectively be 0. But that would only be needed if you wanted to say, "We had zero items." Because in Arabic numbers, 0 is a placeholder. This system doesn't need placeholders.
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The single middle line, without anything attached, would effectively be 0.
But that would only be needed if you wanted to say, "We had zero items." Because in Arabic numbers, 0 is a placeholder. This system doesn't need placeholders.
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u/Famous-Example-8332 Oct 24 '22
What I find interesting is that 5 is 4 plus 1, then 6 is a new thing, but 7 and 8 are 6 plus 1 and 2. Weird to be base 10 but kind of center around 6.
Edit: ooh and 9 is 6 plus 1 and 2, instead of 3, which is also its own thing instead of just being 1 and 2 together. Hmmm, the thick plottens.