#kaktovik — Public Fediverse posts

Aviation weather for Barter Island LRRS airport in Kaktovik area (USA) is “PABA 032056Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM CLR 13/05 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01330050 56009 TSNO” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/paba/en #kaktovik #usa #barterislandlrrsairport #paba #bti #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl

Aviation weather for Barter Island LRRS airport in Kaktovik area (USA) is “PABA 112056Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 10/03 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP213 T01000033 53003 TSNO” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/paba/en #kaktovik #usa #barterislandlrrsairport #paba #bti #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl

Aviation weather for Barter Island LRRS airport in Kaktovik area (USA) is “PABA 282110Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM OVC005 M02/M03 A2960 RMK AO2 FZRANO TSNO” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/paba/en #kaktovik #usa #barterislandlrrsairport #paba #bti #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl

Fascinating article here on #Kaktovik numerals which are a very visual combo base 20/base 5 numbering system developed as a way to express an Alaskan Inuit method of counting. They'd also make an excellent basis for a #PuzzledPint #puzzle I think @puzzledpint

A Number System Invented by Inuit Schoolchildren Will Make Its Silicon Valley Debut - Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-number-system-invented-by-inuit-schoolchildren-will-make-its-silicon-valley-debut/

@johncarlosbaez Apparently there is a card game! It's called Tallimakipiaġutaiḷaq (“99”).
This article talks a bit about the students' teacher, and how Kaktovik numerals were coded into to Unicode.

http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/2244numerals_invented_by_a_handful_of_kaktovik

#Kaktovik #IndigenousArithmetic #MathGame #Iñupiaq #Unicode

@elysdir Thinking about it, the #Kaktovik numerals remind me very much of the #Maya numerals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_numerals which also use a combination of base 5 and base 20. Not surprisingly the two may be culturally related, given the flow of people and information across the American continent.
#NumberSystems #math