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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 1 Feb 2015

    Efficiency is a good thing: e.g. Arabic Numerals: 888. Roman Numerals: MCCCLXXXVIII.

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      2. fire talk‏ @arvitango 11 Jun 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson you mean "indian numerals"? We invented it. The arabs just copied and spread it to the west.

        2 replies 6 retweets 7 likes
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 11 Jun 2015
        Replying to @arvitango

        @arviman In fact, the Arabs themselves called them Hindu numerals. I indeed make this point clear in speeches I give.

        10 replies 43 retweets 143 likes
      4. Pedro Ricardo‏ @pedroricardo75 14 Jun 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @arviman I thought they started as Hindu numerals, and later turned Arabic to account for their later introduction of the zero.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. fire talk‏ @arvitango 14 Jun 2015
        Replying to @pedroricardo75

        @pedroricardo75 @neiltyson Brahmagupta (an indian) made a set of rules using 0 a long time before the arabs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmagupta …

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      6. Pedro Ricardo‏ @pedroricardo75 14 Jun 2015
        Replying to @arvitango

        @arviman @neiltyson I know that now. Thank you.

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      2. Petri Karvinen™‏ @ptkarvinen 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        '@neiltyson Sorry to correct but it's DCCCLXXXVIII Yours would be 1358. @eleht

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Esa‏ @eleht 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @ptkarvinen

        @petrikarvinen Äijä on viisaampi ku maailman tunnetuin teoreettinen fyysikko. Miltä tuntuu? :D @neiltyson

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      4. Petri Karvinen™‏ @ptkarvinen 1 Feb 2015
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        @eleht Tää on mun elämäni hienoin hetki :D Ja senkin kiihkoissani mokasin.

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      1. Unverifried Hans‏ @AtyHans 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Roman numerals look good on buildings, @neiltyson. Just saying

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      2. brian wickman‏ @wickman 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson hexadecimal: 378

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Berk D. Demir‏ @bd 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @wickman

        @wickman @neiltyson base64: N4

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      4. Guy Dickinson‏ @gdickinson 1 Feb 2015
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        @bd @wickman @neiltyson Base 888: 10

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      2. KuJo‏ @keeferooni 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson @llanevad IT'S SUPER BOWL 888?!?!

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      3. Dave Nall‏ @llanevad 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @keeferooni

        @keeferooni @neiltyson Next year would be the utterly efficient Super Bowl L, but I heard they're going to Arabic numerals (SB 50).

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Guilherme Jales‏ @guilhermejales 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson DCCC*, professor

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      1. Ice Cream O'Clock‏ @ryanoneil 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson On the other hand: L vs. 50

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      2. Almudena M. Castro‏ @puratura 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @TheBigVanTheory actually, that is 1388... (M=1000, whereas D=500)

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      1. John Podobnik‏ @PodoMojo 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson @xxl23 Would it not be DCCCLXXXVIII I think you have 1388 instead. Sincerest apologies if I am mistaken...

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      1. Mary Rice Schuyler‏ @mskyler 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson That's 1388. 888 is DCCCLXXXVIII. #RomanNumeralNerd Don't often get to use it. See you on the 9th!

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