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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoThe AM/PM bullshit: AM: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Then the same for PM. Who counts like that? Whats after 12? 1! What?
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoThe galaxy-brained group known as “Z12 + 1”. “What if we did modular arithmetic but one-indexed.” Edit: Actually, wait, it’s worse: zero-indexing but we represent the zero element in Zn as ‘n’. Kill it with fire.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIs not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoPeople who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBig brain ape like count in many systems
The AM/PM bullshit:
AM: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Then the same for PM. Who counts like that? Whats after 12? 1! What?
The galaxy-brained group known as “Z12 + 1”. “What if we did modular arithmetic but one-indexed.”
Edit: Actually, wait, it’s worse: zero-indexing but we represent the zero element in Zn as ‘n’. Kill it with fire.
Is not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?
People who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
Big brain ape like count in many systems