SomeoneRandom5325 t1_iwzbyi1 wrote
Reply to comment by Zirnike in [WP] "The new species call themselves 'humans', and while their intelligence is on the low end when it comes to interstellar civilisations, their pure mathematical knowledge is far superior to the entire galactic community's." by Mabi19_
How is it even possible to be off by 5 when you can just check the last digit and immediately know that it's wrong
plus base 8 roman numerals would probably look something like this:
A, AA, AB, B, BA, BAA, AC, C
where A=1, B=4 and C=8 with the rules of roman numerals that you know and love preserved
Zirnike t1_iwzclqt wrote
Multiplying roman numerals is insane, it'd be easy to lose something: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1530406/how-to-multiply-roman-numerals#:~:text=Take%20the%20first%20number%20you,%2B%20V%20%2B%20V%2C%20etc.
RoyalGarbage t1_ix024h2 wrote
Now imagine that B still equals 5 and there is no C.
SomeoneRandom5325 t1_ix1rd1a wrote
This system looks so illogical for base 8 it's probably not base 8 at all
If it is I legitimately wonder how they even got to space
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