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Re:Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rin... by firstcommentyo on Thursday May 19, 2022 @03:47AM (#31431867)
Welcome to MMXXII. About X centuries ago "we" imported the Hindu-Arabic numerals. I know, Latin numbers carry the myth of being more "safe" but really you should try the arabian numerals. They revolutionized math and eased reading text alongside. thumbs-up
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Re:Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rin... by rossvor on Thursday May 19, 2022 @06:18AM (#31432703)
It's a convention to use roman numerals for centuries in some european countries. Parent poster probably just done it out of habit.
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Re:Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rin... by puszczyk on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:05PM (#31437243)
Thanks, I wasn’t aware it is not a “global” convention and wasn’t sure what does the parent make fun of.

One learns every day :) I will be more careful about this when writing centuries in English the next time.

Also this poster on quora have a detailed list https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-write-century-numbers-with-I...

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