weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agoAt least we're not mixing in letterslinux.communityimagemessage-square183linkfedilinkarrow-up11.22K
arrow-up11.22KimageAt least we're not mixing in letterslinux.communityweird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square183linkfedilink
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoPeople who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI have no idea if that’s true but I believe it
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoThe idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!
minus-squareApathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to. It was not.
People who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
I have no idea if that’s true but I believe it
The idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!
I listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to.
It was not.