MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago6 January 1988sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down11
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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 months agoPossibly the best take on “imaginary numbers” in history. Also, Eleventeen itself is a nice reference to Old English, I think my first experience with such a number was Bilbo Baggins’ Eleventy-First birthday.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSimilarly, in some non-English languages, saying the equivalent of thirty-twelve instead of forty-two is how it works.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoFurther aren’t there a handful of cultures that work on something other than base 10 like Sumerians using base 60?
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYep, although I can’t speak about the current ones (if any). Separately, I wonder if the thirty-twelve is also an early reference to Hitchhiker’s?
Possibly the best take on “imaginary numbers” in history.
Also, Eleventeen itself is a nice reference to Old English, I think my first experience with such a number was Bilbo Baggins’ Eleventy-First birthday.
Similarly, in some non-English languages, saying the equivalent of thirty-twelve instead of forty-two is how it works.
Further aren’t there a handful of cultures that work on something other than base 10 like Sumerians using base 60?
Yep, although I can’t speak about the current ones (if any).
Separately, I wonder if the thirty-twelve is also an early reference to Hitchhiker’s?