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xkcd #3038: Uncanceled Units (xkcd.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by prototype_g2@lemmy.ml to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Edit: Alt Text: Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I knew a 26-letter alphabet by the time I was 2.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Yes, but set to music i assume and not nearly to the level one was expected to understand the ordering of digits.

In base 34: 1…9,a…z,10 it's slightly more than half the digits the babylonians had, and as someone whose career involves a lot of math I don't want to be dealing with at a glance trying to figure out the approximate difference between jl5x and ik8r

As an adult with a college degree in stem I know my digits and their ordering perfectly and without question unless literally trying to trip me up. The alphabet, I know in that specific order and would have to think to start in the middle. I don't want to do series or sequences on that shit and if you do then good for you