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[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 16 points 8 months ago

Then you remember that he's in a 2'407'100 km void.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ok. What country uses apostrophes instead of commas, or periods? I had thought that India's messed up comma system was the most irritating notation possible. I had never seen this notation.

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

1,00,000

what in the actual hell.

ok so it kinda makes sense?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

Still, wow.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

German i guess? The apostrophe for thousands, the dot for fractions. Using commas in numbers is the weird thing.

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