6 thoughts on “Thursday Throughput: TYC 7037-89-1, or Six Star Edition

        1. What’s arbitrary (from what I can tell so far) are the symbols you can join together and the addition works (1+4, 1+6, 1+8, 2+7, for example) and most of the rest (looking at you, 3) where it does not.

          But still, probably an improvement over Roman numerals. ‘Arabic’ numbers hadn’t quite caught on when the monks did this, if I’m reading the internet correctly.Report

  1. ThTh8: Congrats. I am greatly relieved to learn my mom (who is in her early 80s) got an appointment time on Friday to get her first dose. It was really hard to score an appointment in Illinois but between her efforts, my efforts, and a neighbor (who has already been vaccinated because of her work) helping out, she got a slot

    here’s hoping the rest of us don’t have to wait that much longer.Report

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