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[–] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

yeah, seeing the symbols spread out across multiple characters makes it hard to tell whether that's 100 or something else (considering i learned counting in cuneiform just this moment)

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  • [–] 2 points 10 hours ago

    Yeah, but you have to give it credit, it's really easy to pick up as far as number systems go. Definitely less useful for math and science than modern European-Arabic numerals, but much better for logistics and administration than say roman numerals

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