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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If I’ve said it once I’ve said it 𒁹𒌋𒌋𒌋𒌋 times, the babylonians got it right

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  • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Base 12 ftw.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s base 60 actually. With up to 5 𒌋 meaning 10 followed by up to 9 𒁹 meaning one. I actually should have put a space between the 60s place and the 1s place and formatted it as: 𒁹 𒌋𒌋𒌋𒌋

      It’s a lot easier to read in clay because you bunch the characters up within their place, and if it were used in modern day it would likely be autocorrected to make it easier

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        yeah, seeing the symbols spread out across multiple characters makes it hard to tell whether that’s 100 or something else (considering i learned counting in cuneiform just this moment)

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Base-12 is absolutely gorgeous for geometry. A metric system on base-12? <chef’s kiss>

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      • SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Duodecimal is my favorite.

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      • GeorgimusPrime@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Dodecic system

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• Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  IV/V Romans agree…

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  • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Perfect V/VII

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    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes but how is it with rice?

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      • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Only if it’s garnished with silphium.

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They are letters tho.

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