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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You kids don't know how good you have it!

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At least you have hands! I had to get my fabricated from the town blacksmith.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Fun fact, the Romans would never have labeled their abacuses like this. It would have made calculating very difficult; they effectively worked with modern numbers in bead form, and then used the famous numeral system just to record the results.