{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Zenneth (zennx)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-16 22:15:09 UTC","author_name":"Zenneth (zennx)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/zennx","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4125630","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gnutan.xyz\/why\" class=\"url\" title=\"why\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">why<\/span><\/a><\/span> You're thinking of Babylonian numerals, also most numerical systems were, as we now call it, &quot;impure base 10&quot; meaning that they used a symbol for ten and none for zero<br \/>furthermore while it is normal for humans to use base-10 most languages show signs of their people using other bases, per example the Gauls (now French) used a base 20 numeral, which is why their word for 80 is &quot;Quatre-vingt&quot; literally &quot;four twenties&quot;<br \/>a native American tribe original to California used a base 8, because funnily enought they didn't use their fingers to count, they used the space BETWEEN their fingers<br \/>more on the subject here: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Positional_notation#Other_bases_in_human_language\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Positional_notation#Other_bases_in_human_language\" rel=\"nofollow external\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Positional_notation#Other_bases_in_human_language<\/a>"}