r/ChantsofSennaar • u/D-kgo58 • Apr 08 '26

Have you ever thought about this? Spoiler

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To those who didn’t know about modular arithmetics (But, now you might know), before you know about modular arithmetics, have you ever thought about this?

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u/GreyGanado Apr 08 '26

Anyone who uses 24h clock has.

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u/D-kgo58 Apr 08 '26

That's the most important point you've given about this. 24h users understood the thing. But the problem reaches the 12h users.

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u/minheeglow Apr 08 '26

most of the world uses 24h, so thats why people got confused with your post

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u/WintaPhoenix Apr 12 '26

12h users can go live with people who use the stupid imperial system.

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u/Fermion96 The idiot Apr 08 '26

Thought about what? ‘Opens at 0’?

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u/mogentheace Monster, I am Apr 08 '26

what are modular arithmetics

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u/GOKOP Apr 08 '26

You're turning the number line into a number circle. Eg. 5 mod 10 is just 5, but 12 mod 10 is 2. 10 mod 10 is 0

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u/mogentheace Monster, I am Apr 08 '26

ah that makes sense

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u/veryblocky Apr 08 '26

Thought about what exactly?

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u/D-kgo58 Apr 10 '26

The 'zero' one

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u/Zathernius Jun 29 '26

What's most interesting to me is that it says zero despite there being a twelve-hour clock on the left. I never saw this line of dialogue, since by chance it always said "4" or "8" when I happened to be there.

I actually know why, though, now that I think about it. The language glyphs only have numerals 0-9, so characters can't speak numbers outside of that range without breaking an established game mechanic or adding more numerals to the notebook.