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2026-03-21 15:04:26 GMT by ratammer [any pronouns] on Sight [view in context]
What does this mean:

> I basically never wear sunglasses (except at the dentist).
2026-03-21 20:13:40 GMT by chridd [she] on Sight [view in context]
I'm not sure what would be confusing.  Unless they don't give sunglasses at the dentist where you live?
https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/n5uoc9/do_other_dentists_give_out_sunglasses_or_just_mine/
At dentists I've been to, they shine a bright light on your mouth so the dentist can see, and they have a pair of sunglasses that they give patients to wear (borrow) while they're doing stuff to block out some of that light, and I wear those.  But if I was just going outside on a bright sunny day, or going to the beach or something, I wouldn't wear sunglasses, and I don't currently own a pair (but there might have been times when I was much younger when I wore them, I don't remember).
2026-03-25 07:56:42 GMT by ratammer [any pronouns] on Sight [view in context]
Yes, I hadn't ever heard of dentists doing that.
2026-04-02 13:01:47 GMT by The [dude] on Numeral systems/Number representations [view in context]
Honestly, pretty awesome.

Suggestion:
Is there any way to create fractional bases with extra digits? [example: Base 1 1/2. We can have an extra digit to add [in this case, 2] to create numbers that aren't that messy.]

Decimal to Base 1 1/2 [extra digits]
0, 0
1, 1
2, 2
3, 20 [3 is represented as 20 since 3 is 2*1.5.]
4, 21
5, 22
6, 210 [6 is represented as 210 since 6 is (2*2.25) + 1.5, or 4*1.5]
7, 211
8, 212
9, 2100 [9 is represented as 2100 since it is 6*1.5]
2026-04-03 19:19:00 GMT by farter [farter] on Kaufman decimals [view in context]
little bug: "1" regarded as 0.1, one might expect "1" = "1.0".
2026-04-03 20:43:19 GMT by KXCAM [they/was] on Searchable Index Diachronica [view in context]
Props for making this , this is immensely useful in looking into how it is possible for existing languages to naturally evolve, something I'm very interested in!!
2026-04-04 00:12:02 GMT by chridd [she] on Kaufman decimals [view in context]
If I remember right (it's been a long time since I made this), I did it that way because the part after the decimal point is what's interesting for this.  If you're trying to compare integers, you can just compare them the normal way, and even fractions ≥ 1 you'd just compare the integer part and then compare the fraction part; this way it's slightly less typing if all the numbers are between 0 and 1.
2026-04-06 18:44:04 GMT by yupekosi [he/him] on Numeral systems/Number representations [view in context]
I like this!!1!1!1 I do have a suggestion, can you try adding imaginary numbers? and same as the comment above me, trying to do less messy bases ( the ones that are already in the base form can still be used though, also this video might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQAhC1M93C8&t=1069s)
2026-04-08 21:11:36 GMT by d [she/they] on Blossoms [view in context]
i've been stuck inside for the past few days, but looking at this today made me happy :)

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