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- Isn't that 9999 symbols?Nairn
- Using just one symbol would result in, for example:
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etc.Nairn - LOL nairn look at the last line in the image. all are combined into one sign.renderedred
- I think he means a single glyph, as in you don't need to have multiple characters to define any one number.zarkonite
- I was being tongue in cheek, but sorta serious too. Squish together numerals and you can make all numbers from 'one' symbol, made up of 10 elements..Nairn
- ..and it'd be more-instantly readable than <this too.
It's still cool though!Nairn - your presumption may stem from what you were taught. using your suggestion how to write 83/38, 56/65, 14/41, 11, 22, 33, etc?imbecile
- Nairn, how would make 9000 with our numerals? their system creates shapes that are unique to each number, it's a lot of work fitting all that together.zarkonite
- In the 13th century with the tools they had, I bet this is a person's lifetime achievement LOL.zarkonite
- Visually, it's neat, but beyond cyphering, I'm not sure what problem it solves. And its creators first learned Arabic numerals, so it's arcanity anywayNairn
- of course it's useless @nairn but fun to see someone thinking out of the box in the 13th century.renderedred
- 8118 looks familiarrzu-rzu