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texaslonghorn5 on Oct 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: My PhD Genealogy

exactly, it seems like a faulty solution to a problem that doesn't exist -- at present, we would say 900 and 1, not 0900 and 0001.

garbagetime on Oct 20, 2022 [–]

I believe the point is to try to get people to engage in long-term thinking.

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