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Gabriel Pettier

@PaulWermer @globalmuseum hm, most of us learned the meaning of at least 26 letters + 9 numbers + at the very minimum a dozen other common symbols, sure, it's work to learn that new set, but i'm sure anyone can, with a bit of practice, like with a game dedicated to learning that system, and playing it a few hours over a few weeks.

And there is a clear logic to it, each corner represent an order of magnitude, and the symbol in that corner represents the value for it, so you learn 9 shapes.

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Paul Wermer

@tshirtman @globalmuseum you make it sound viable. I need to take another look

Claudipicpl

@tshirtman @PaulWermer @globalmuseum Even less to learn: only the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. Zero is obviously "nothing", the missing digits are combinations of the rest.
(I dare not to decide if learning or calculating is easier :-) )

Gabriel Pettier

@ridscherli @PaulWermer @globalmuseum that makes me wonder about how to compute with that, addition should be ok, but other operations are probably harder than arabic notation.

Claudipicpl

@tshirtman @PaulWermer @globalmuseum Good question. I think I'll give it a try with what we call (in German) "written addition" and "written multiplication".

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