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Re:How did anyone do math in Roman numerals? (2017) by DNied on Monday July 27, 2020 @06:40PM (#23970270)
> look what the world achieved after it left roman numerals behind.

Look what the world achieved after we started wearing button shirts.

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Re:How did anyone do math in Roman numerals? (2017) by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:30AM (#23973627)
Perhaps it would be expressed better as Look at what mathematics achieved after it left Roman numerals behind.
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Re:How did anyone do math in Roman numerals? (2017) by DNied on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:58AM (#23973777)
Nope. Still an unproven correlation.
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