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Nice! This makes me appreciate the improvement roman numerals had over cuneiform: that a symbol isnโ€™t repeated more than three times so itโ€™s easier to read at a glance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subitizing

This is why VIII and IX are easier to parse than ๐’† and ๐’‡ (though grouping them by 5 does help)



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