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[-] Lucien@mander.xyz 27 points 2 weeks ago

We have Babylon to thank for this

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 32 points 2 weeks ago

Well, then I can't complain, lovely sci-fi production.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but no matter how hard I look I can't find the first 4

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Don't mind the first 4, the best one is Babylon 7

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Should I watch 5 and then 7? What about 6?

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Don't worry about Babylon 6.

Worry about the sequels, where Babylon 7 8 9

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

I get the joke, but it also makes me wish for a bunch of Babylon 5 sequels and prequels.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Forget about 6, 5 is fine, sure, watch it first, why not

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

This isn't helping my anxiety about watching things in order but ok I guess.

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I feel you. People say they like Doctor Who, yet they never watched An Unearthly Child. Pathetics.

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

Zathras took B4 so that The One could use it.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Our mistake was not embracing base-12 time, it was failing to embrace a base-12 counting system.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not true. You have math thank for that and there is a good reason for numbers like that (and why Babylonier used them). They are very useful to do calculations in your head, especially division because the have a lot of factors. The concept is called highly composite numbers (HCN) and superior highly composite numbers (SHCN). They are practically "anti-primes". That's why base-6 or base-12 are objectively a better number system than base-10 but it's pretty much too late to switch now.

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Damn that’s genius

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

And I thank them.

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