So Americans should now count 65, 66, 68, 69? At least this is in line with measuring things with non-metric units.

To the enemies of the rich.

Something like “sowing wind, reaping storms” comes to mind…

Of course people are unimpressed by failures. What did he expect?

No idea who this woman is, but maybe she should schedule an appointment with a shrink?

Any good software engineer who actually gives a fuck.

Is someone surprised about grift and corruption in a government based on grift and corruption?

And how did you get this result? The Romans (and Europeans before the Arabic numerals) used a kind of digit replacement system with a bunch of additions. We did this in math, and compared to the 10x10+3x10+7x10+3x7=221 it was rather complicated.

Yes, but working with digits instead of sums make math way easier. Try a simple multiplication with Roman numerals without converting them into into decimals first. What would XIII times XVII be?

Of course they knew what nothing meant. They even had a word for it: nullum. Sounds familiar, somehow. But the key is to apply this to math, and having an actual symbol for it.

My son just told me there is a complete wiki about DHMO. Something I’ll investigate later…

And have you ever tried multiplication and division with Roman numerals? We tried it in math once. There is actually an algorithm for multiplication, but it is a pain in the ass. And division? You’ve got to subtract and count…

You cannot teach a pig to sing. Well, you can teach, but don’t expect it to work…

An easy way to sort out the idiots who probably did not learn Arabic numerals in school, and therefor are so useless they can only be employd as MAGA heads…

Basically, what we call “Arabic Numerals”, including the number 0, have their origin in India. Europe got them from Arabic scholars, and therefore called them “Arabic”.

The main factor is the decimal system of writing and having the concept of a zero in contrast to the odd, additive and subtractive writing of the Roman numerals, which didn’t even know a 0, and made multiplication a pain and division nearly impossible.

What glyph is actually used for a one, be it a 1 or a ١, is absolutely secondary.

Or about Mr. Al Kwarizmi (Algorithm).

In Germany, we have a right-wing party en par with the US Republicans: The AfD. Just as Nazi, just as nuts.

Some time ago, someone riled them up with the “Did you know they teach Arabic numerals in school now?”, and quite a few of them blew a lid…

When you look into modern European genetics, it is quite likely that they actually did a bit more than just kissing…

They can’t stand the truth? Snowflakes!

Chinese cuisine will add a lot of tomato-based dishes in the future…