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At least we're not mixing in letters (sub.wetshaving.social)

submitted 2 months ago by weird@sub.wetshaving.social to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The AM/PM bullshit:

AM: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Then the same for PM. Who counts like that? Whats after 12? 1! What?

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The galaxy-brained group known as "Z~12~ + 1". "What if we did modular arithmetic but one-indexed."

Edit: Actually, wait, it's worse: zero-indexing but we represent the zero element in Z~n~ as 'n'. Kill it with fire.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Is not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea if that's true but I believe it

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to.

It was not.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Big brain ape like count in many systems