We write numbers left to right in digits the same way we write numbers left to right in words.
Seven hundred and thirty-three thousand, three hundred and sixty five
733,365
Same direction, same order. Makes sense.
Having to look at an entire glyph sequence before knowing what the first glyph means is not unique to numbers. Words are like that, too. Entire sentences, even. It’s fine. This proposal is unmotivated and unnecessary.
We write numbers left to right in digits the same way we write numbers left to right in words.
This is addressed in the post. You would write the words differently to match the left-right inversion.
Having to look at an entire glyph sequence before knowing what the first glyph means is not unique to numbers. Words are like that, too.
I agree with you here. However, I don’t think it works as an argument against optimizing a numeral system to be different.
This proposal is unmotivated and unnecessary.
Where’s your sense of fun? The post explicitly calls itself out as being an unrealistic proposal. Maybe it feels unnecessary to you (which is totally fine and cool), but I don’t see how a post about optimizing our numeral system is “unnecessary”
I don’t see how a post about optimizing our numeral system is “unnecessary”
I said that the proposal is unnecessary; whether the post about the proposal is “necessary” is another matter entirely. I have no quarrel with it, personally.
EDIT: Basically, what I’m saying is that if there were agreement voting on posts and not just karma voting, then I’d strong-agreement-downvote the post, but would not karma-downvote (or maybe just weak-karma-downvote). Since posts only have karma vote buttons, I have no recourse but to use words to express my disagreement.
We write numbers left to right in digits the same way we write numbers left to right in words.
Same direction, same order. Makes sense.
Having to look at an entire glyph sequence before knowing what the first glyph means is not unique to numbers. Words are like that, too. Entire sentences, even. It’s fine. This proposal is unmotivated and unnecessary.
This is addressed in the post. You would write the words differently to match the left-right inversion.
I agree with you here. However, I don’t think it works as an argument against optimizing a numeral system to be different.
Where’s your sense of fun? The post explicitly calls itself out as being an unrealistic proposal. Maybe it feels unnecessary to you (which is totally fine and cool), but I don’t see how a post about optimizing our numeral system is “unnecessary”
I said that the proposal is unnecessary; whether the post about the proposal is “necessary” is another matter entirely. I have no quarrel with it, personally.
EDIT: Basically, what I’m saying is that if there were agreement voting on posts and not just karma voting, then I’d strong-agreement-downvote the post, but would not karma-downvote (or maybe just weak-karma-downvote). Since posts only have karma vote buttons, I have no recourse but to use words to express my disagreement.