Who tf counts like that? You make 4 lines, then cross out the block to make it 5!
Making 5 lines and then crossing out just makes it so much easier to make mistakes...
(Ignore this if oklahomans have 6 fingers, and i just never heard about that)
Babylon had 60.There's a few that used 12, but they're not super influential historically. In modern day, place value, base 10 with Arabic numerals is the international standard. This is
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myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 165d
Who tf counts like that? You make 4 lines, then cross out the block to make it 5! Making 5 lines and then crossing out just makes it so much easier to make mistakes...
(Ignore this if oklahomans have 6 fingers, and i just never heard about that)
scytale@piefed.zip · 14 pts · 165d
Oklahoma is like 49th in education, so...
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 165d
Oklahoma: at least we're not Louisiana
simulacra_procession@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 165d
'Why is Oklahoma OK?' ::: spoiler spoiler 'Because they can't spell "Mediocre" :::
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 165d
Mediocrahoma
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
I'm from Oklahoma and I've only got the five per hand. Please don't send Inigo Montoya after me.
I don't think the tick marks are on the actual tram.
QuincyPeck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 165d
This bothers me way more than it should.
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 165d
Perhaps there is a country where their maths are base 12 or base 6?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 164d
Babylon had 60. There's a few that used 12, but they're not super influential historically. In modern day, place value, base 10 with Arabic numerals is the international standard. This is
cravl@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 156d
They've actually achieved a higher state of enlightenment by using the superior duodecimal system (a.k.a. base 12).
remon@ani.social · 2 pts · 165d
Suicide? The tram was running them down!
kungen@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 165d
I know right, I have no idea where a tram is going.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 164d
It’s a hunting tram. You’ve heard of a “hunting lodge” but those were never successful because they can’t move. The next step is to add wheels