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10:36:42
qhong
I added some projects, it is said that ultralisp builds every 5 min but it still says pending
10:46:46
edgar-rft
Does it say 5 minutes *where*? For example, 5 minutes on venus are more than 20 hours on earth.
10:48:49
qhong
will still take longer if they're sitting near a blackhole, but I don't think technology of Lisp civilization is at that level yet
10:59:25
pjb
edgar-rft: nope. 5 minutes on Venus are about just precisely equal to 5 minutes on Earth. Time depends on gravity. Surface gravity of Venus is almost the same as on Earth.
14:09:32
pjb
Which reminds me about a silly woke point in AppleTV's Foundation (let's name the culprits). Where it's mentionned that base ten is too "assuming" and there's also base 12 (with some advantages) or base 27 (which counts more body parts), etc. I should mention that in French, we counted in base twenty originally. That's why we have still 70 = soixante+dix (trois-vingt+dix), 80 = quatre-vingt, 90 = quatre-vingt+dix; We had deux-vingt
14:09:32
pjb
for 40, deux-vingt+dix for 50, and trois-vingt for 60… And of course, that's why we don't have dix-un, dix-deux, etc, but onze, douze, treize, etc, (hmm, like English).