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42yeah ,

Yo, little help here?

42yeah ,

Last I heard they’re only available in parts of US and UK. Maybe also try the search labs?

42yeah , (edited )

The Chinese numbers are already in use ages ago and (as far as I know) predates the Ming dynasty. Fun fact, there are both “upper case” Chinese numbers (壹，貳，叁，⋯) and “lower case” numbers (一，二，三，⋯). The uppercase numbers are still used in official documents, esp. monetary ones such as checks to indicate the monetary value. For example: “壹拾贰万叁仟肆佰伍拾陆元整” means “¥123,456”. According to Wikipedia, this is done to prevent the numbers from being doctored, like changing 1 to 7.

It’s true that the lower case numbers aren’t used as much, but they are still used in text when the number is less than ten, e.g. “I have three children” -> “我有三个孩子” as opposed to “我有 3 个孩子”, for better paragraph consistency, typesetting and whatnot. However the Chinese numbers will become too long for anything greater than a hundred, so it’s all Arabic numbers after that.

Source: am Chinese

42yeah ,

Do you mean their prononciations? They’re the same cuz in reality, they represent the same number - like “A” and “a”.

42yeah ,

Google en passant

42yeah ,

No paws to hold the phone though. But maybe it’s for the best?

42yeah ,

Truer words have never been spoken.

42yeah ,

Is this about the Humane thing?

42yeah ,

Just watched the whole video (and the car one afterwards). I think if MKBHD is being disingenuous, as one of the most influential reviewers, he would’ve been the first to be called out (based on the facts he’d got wrong in the video instead of conspiracies.) that didn’t happen so I’d say it’s safe to assume the problem stems from the product itself, at least in these cases. Anyway, great watch.

42yeah ,

I use emacs btw

Oh wait wrong post

42yeah ,

It’s kinda hard to explain, but we’ve dug up almost all of your ancestors’ bodies and put them on display. Ooh, and the kids love it.

42yeah ,

cwm

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