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tzs
on July 21, 2017
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How Did Anyone Do Math in Roman Numerals?
> In a six-fi novel I'm writing, an advanced alien civilisation uses base-12
Six-fi? Typo or genre I'm not aware of?
jeffwass
on July 21, 2017
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Haha, yeah, sci-fi.
Luckily I'm not yet at the copy-editing stage ;-)
maxxxxx
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Make them use base-23 and somehow this will allow them find the secrets of the universe because the question to life, the universe and everything can be solved easily with base-23 math.
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Six-fi? Typo or genre I'm not aware of?