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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, great. Now people will be forever having to explain that they meant the other 3.5, the other 3.9, or other Pi.

It really needs a new digit alongside 3, where it branches. Is it too late to write to the standards committee?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

- prefixes numbers along the number line in the opposite direction. If we had a second branch starting after 3 we could do the same if they shared digits and bases with the standard number line. Maybe suffix - or prefix 3№ or something like that.