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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoFun 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.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoYou kids don’t know how good you have it!
minus-squareMeatPilot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days ago At least you have hands! I had to get my fabricated from the town blacksmith.
Young whippersnappers.
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.
You kids don’t know how good you have it!
At least you have hands! I had to get my fabricated from the town blacksmith.
Ooh ooh ooh?