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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months ago

At least we're not mixing in letters

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At least we're not mixing in letters

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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months ago
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  • Lucien [he/him]
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    27•2 months ago

    We have Babylon to thank for this

    • massive_bereavement
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      32•2 months ago

      Well, then I can’t complain, lovely sci-fi production.

      • KingJalopy
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        13•2 months ago

        Yeah but no matter how hard I look I can’t find the first 4

        • @[email protected]
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          2•2 months ago

          Zathras took B4 so that The One could use it.

        • @[email protected]
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          5•2 months ago

          Don’t mind the first 4, the best one is Babylon 7

          • KingJalopy
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            7•2 months ago

            Should I watch 5 and then 7? What about 6?

            • @[email protected]
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              8•2 months ago

              Don’t worry about Babylon 6.

              Worry about the sequels, where Babylon 7 8 9

              • @[email protected]
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                5•2 months ago

                I get the joke, but it also makes me wish for a bunch of Babylon 5 sequels and prequels.

              • KingJalopy
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                5•2 months ago

                Sounds scary

            • @[email protected]
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              3•2 months ago

              Forget about 6, 5 is fine, sure, watch it first, why not

              • KingJalopy
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                4•2 months ago

                This isn’t helping my anxiety about watching things in order but ok I guess.

                • @[email protected]
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                  3•2 months ago

                  Oh, I feel you. People say they like Doctor Who, yet they never watched An Unearthly Child. Pathetics.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 months ago

      Our mistake was not embracing base-12 time, it was failing to embrace a base-12 counting system.

      • @[email protected]
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        2•2 months ago

        100% this.

    • @[email protected]
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      2•2 months ago

      And I thank them.

    • @[email protected]
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      Not true. You have math thank for that and there is a good reason for numbers like that (and why Babylonier used them). They are very useful to do calculations in your head, especially division because the have a lot of factors. The concept is called highly composite numbers (HCN) and superior highly composite numbers (SHCN). They are practically “anti-primes”. That’s why base-6 or base-12 are objectively a better number system than base-10 but it’s pretty much too late to switch now.

      • @[email protected]
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        1•2 months ago

        Damn that’s genius

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