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xkcd #3102: Reading a Big Number (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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[desperately] Maybe this is from some country where they use commas as decimal points, and also as digit separators after the decimal, and also use random other characters for decoration???

https://explainxkcd.com/3102/

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Isn't there also Indian way where it alternates between 2 zeros and 4 zeros?

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago

it's mentioned in the explainxkcd, so apparently

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