Guide to Cistercian Numerals

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bob_wiley@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
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highduc@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

That's cool but I think it'd be much more difficult to use for everyday stuff.

Eyelessoozeguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

That's pretty awesome, I wonder if there is an optimum way to transcode letters onto 1-9999

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Each letter A-Z can represent a digit from 0-25 in a base-26 number system, allowing us to count from 0 to 17575 - A to ZZZ - in three digits.

Acamon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

That's surprisingly simple and easy to learn too!

NessD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

6895 looks like it's arms are behind it's head and is thrusting it's hips.

MaxVoltage@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 3y

That's actually a very shit idea