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  1. Off-label-use of pandoc: convert numbers from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals.

    echo 'MMXXVI.' | pandoc -t commonmark
    ⇒ 2026.

    #pandoc #offLabel #romanNumerals

  2. Off-label-use of pandoc: convert numbers from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals.

    echo 'MMXXVI.' | pandoc -t commonmark
    ⇒ 2026.

  3. Off-label-use of pandoc: convert numbers from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals.

    echo 'MMXXVI.' | pandoc -t commonmark
    ⇒ 2026.

    #pandoc #offLabel #romanNumerals

  4. Off-label-use of pandoc: convert numbers from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals.

    echo 'MMXXVI.' | pandoc -t commonmark
    ⇒ 2026.

    #pandoc #offLabel #romanNumerals

  5. Off-label-use of pandoc: convert numbers from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals.

    echo 'MMXXVI.' | pandoc -t commonmark
    ⇒ 2026.

    #pandoc #offLabel #romanNumerals

  6. I immediately thought this article was related to the Super Bowl 😂 😂 😂

    #pope #romannumerals

  7. @MauriceMeilleur @simoncozens @justvanrossum

    More visual examples – see also the comments – with 6 out of 10 spotted in the Netherlands:
    flickr.com/photos/hardwig/5407

    Modularity speeds up production. By repurposing your C’s and I’s, you don’t have to make punches or molds for M’s and D’s. Aesthetics and smartassery may have come into play, too.

    #Apostrophus #RomanNumerals

  8. @drscriptt just like we have A records and AAAA records, one could introduce an analog to the MX record for the desired IPv6: the MXXXX record 😛

    #RomanNumerals

  9. So, here's a detail from TGL31034, a DDR standard for lettering. It shows recommendations for Roman Numerals in both serif and sans-serif. Do you have any insight into when you might use one or the other? (the rest of the font is sans-serif).

    Unicode apparently recommends that Roman numerals are constructed from the regular Latin characters; the codepoints from U+2160 to U+216F are for compatibility.

    #RomanNumerals

  10. Absolutely LIVID that the only reason they taught us #RomanNumerals is to read #copyright dates.

  11. @chloe
    I needed a #Python module for this a while ago.
    ```
    >>> import roman
    >>> roman.fromRoman('MMXXIV')
    2024
    >>> roman.toRoman(18)
    'XVIII'
    >>>

    ```

    Altho that couldn’t deal with LEG XIIX.

    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

    #Roman #RomanNumerals

  12. The Super Bowl is one of the days each year which reminds all Americans of a barbaric part of our culture which we should -- if we were truly a wise and sophisticated species -- finally abandon.

    Yes, I am sorry to say it but even I have to admit just how dumb and awful it is:

    Roman numerals

    #NFL
    #football
    #SuperBowl
    #SuperBowl2024
    #RomanNumerals

  13. I've noticed a tattoo fad of late of people having the year of their birth tattooed on their chests in Roman numerals.

    Then today I saw an image containing a relatively young model (early 20's I'd guess) with "MCMXLIV" ... which is 1944. Time traveler? Or some other significance for him, I wonder. I will probably never know.

    #tattoos #romanNumerals

  14. There was a story in today's #Popbitch about an unfortunate journalist who mispronounced the XCX in #CharliXCX (which you just say "ecks see ecks")

    I was thinking "oh no, did they call her Charli [Roman numerals]?"

    but no, they called her "Charli Zzzyyykkchkks", as in 'xylophone'

    which is pretty cringe, but made me laugh that I had assumed it was going to be a #RomanNumeral issue

    While trying to figure out what XCX would be in #RomanNumerals I found this nifty calculator

    numere-romane.ro/convert-roman

    XCX turns out not to be a valid Roman number because using the subtractive formula by which you subtract the first letter from the second

    (which is why IX = 10 - 1 = 9)

    you'd get

    XC = 100 - 10 = 90

    but then the extra C just adds another 10 back on, so it's a nonsense way of saying 100

    This made me reflect on how as a kid I learned the rules of Roman numerals by osmosis by watching movies and TV shows that ended with the production year in Roman numerals

    e.g. MCMLXXXVII

    (a number I plucked off the top of my head that offers inadvertent insight into my age)

    1000 + 900 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 1987

    Like, the three main rules are:

    1. You arrange the letters from the highest value to the lowest and then add them up

    2. V, L and D can only be used once in a number. You can use I, X, C and M up to three times in a row, but only those letters. You have to use Rule 3 to get more precise numbers

    3. When you put a numeral with a lower value in front of one with a higher value, you subtract the lower number from the higher number. But you can only use the subtractive letter once in the number, which is why XCX doesn't work

    Today I learned a new rule:

    4. Putting brackets around a Roman numeral adds "thousand" to the end of its value. (Sometimes this is also shown with a macron – the straight horizontal accent – over the letter)

    V = 5
    (V) = 5000
    L = 50
    (L) = 50,000

  15. There was a story in today's #Popbitch about an unfortunate journalist who mispronounced the XCX in #CharliXCX (which you just say "ecks see ecks")

    I was thinking "oh no, did they call her Charli [Roman numerals]?"

    but no, they called her "Charli Zzzyyykkchkks", as in 'xylophone'

    which is pretty cringe, but made me laugh that I had assumed it was going to be a #RomanNumeral issue

    While trying to figure out what XCX would be in #RomanNumerals I found this nifty calculator

    numere-romane.ro/convert-roman

    XCX turns out not to be a valid Roman number because using the subtractive formula by which you subtract the first letter from the second

    (which is why IX = 10 - 1 = 9)

    you'd get

    XC = 100 - 10 = 90

    but then the extra C just adds another 10 back on, so it's a nonsense way of saying 100

    This made me reflect on how as a kid I learned the rules of Roman numerals by osmosis by watching movies and TV shows that ended with the production year in Roman numerals

    e.g. MCMLXXXVII

    (a number I plucked off the top of my head that offers inadvertent insight into my age)

    1000 + 900 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 1987

    Like, the three main rules are:

    1. You arrange the letters from the highest value to the lowest and then add them up

    2. V, L and D can only be used once in a number. You can use I, X, C and M up to three times in a row, but only those letters. You have to use Rule 3 to get more precise numbers

    3. When you put a numeral with a lower value in front of one with a higher value, you subtract the lower number from the higher number. But you can only use the subtractive letter once in the number, which is why XCX doesn't work

    Today I learned a new rule:

    4. Putting brackets around a Roman numeral adds "thousand" to the end of its value. (Sometimes this is also shown with a macron – the straight horizontal accent – over the letter)

    V = 5
    (V) = 5000
    L = 50
    (L) = 50,000

  16. There was a story in today's #Popbitch about an unfortunate journalist who mispronounced the XCX in #CharliXCX (which you just say "ecks see ecks")

    I was thinking "oh no, did they call her Charli [Roman numerals]?"

    but no, they called her "Charli Zzzyyykkchkks", as in 'xylophone'

    which is pretty cringe, but made me laugh that I had assumed it was going to be a #RomanNumeral issue

    While trying to figure out what XCX would be in #RomanNumerals I found this nifty calculator

    numere-romane.ro/convert-roman

    XCX turns out not to be a valid Roman number because using the subtractive formula by which you subtract the first letter from the second

    (which is why IX = 10 - 1 = 9)

    you'd get

    XC = 100 - 10 = 90

    but then the extra C just adds another 10 back on, so it's a nonsense way of saying 100

    This made me reflect on how as a kid I learned the rules of Roman numerals by osmosis by watching movies and TV shows that ended with the production year in Roman numerals

    e.g. MCMLXXXVII

    (a number I plucked off the top of my head that offers inadvertent insight into my age)

    1000 + 900 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 1987

    Like, the three main rules are:

    1. You arrange the letters from the highest value to the lowest and then add them up

    2. V, L and D can only be used once in a number. You can use I, X, C and M up to three times in a row, but only those letters. You have to use Rule 3 to get more precise numbers

    3. When you put a numeral with a lower value in front of one with a higher value, you subtract the lower number from the higher number. But you can only use the subtractive letter once in the number, which is why XCX doesn't work

    Today I learned a new rule:

    4. Putting brackets around a Roman numeral adds "thousand" to the end of its value. (Sometimes this is also shown with a macron – the straight horizontal accent – over the letter)

    V = 5
    (V) = 5000
    L = 50
    (L) = 50,000

  17. There was a story in today's #Popbitch about an unfortunate journalist who mispronounced the XCX in #CharliXCX (which you just say "ecks see ecks")

    I was thinking "oh no, did they call her Charli [Roman numerals]?"

    but no, they called her "Charli Zzzyyykkchkks", as in 'xylophone'

    which is pretty cringe, but made me laugh that I had assumed it was going to be a #RomanNumeral issue

    While trying to figure out what XCX would be in #RomanNumerals I found this nifty calculator

    numere-romane.ro/convert-roman

    XCX turns out not to be a valid Roman number because using the subtractive formula by which you subtract the first letter from the second

    (which is why IX = 10 - 1 = 9)

    you'd get

    XC = 100 - 10 = 90

    but then the extra C just adds another 10 back on, so it's a nonsense way of saying 100

    This made me reflect on how as a kid I learned the rules of Roman numerals by osmosis by watching movies and TV shows that ended with the production year in Roman numerals

    e.g. MCMLXXXVII

    (a number I plucked off the top of my head that offers inadvertent insight into my age)

    1000 + 900 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 1987

    Like, the three main rules are:

    1. You arrange the letters from the highest value to the lowest and then add them up

    2. V, L and D can only be used once in a number. You can use I, X, C and M up to three times in a row, but only those letters. You have to use Rule 3 to get more precise numbers

    3. When you put a numeral with a lower value in front of one with a higher value, you subtract the lower number from the higher number. But you can only use the subtractive letter once in the number, which is why XCX doesn't work

    Today I learned a new rule:

    4. Putting brackets around a Roman numeral adds "thousand" to the end of its value. (Sometimes this is also shown with a macron – the straight horizontal accent – over the letter)

    V = 5
    (V) = 5000
    L = 50
    (L) = 50,000

  18. There was a story in today's #Popbitch about an unfortunate journalist who mispronounced the XCX in #CharliXCX (which you just say "ecks see ecks")

    I was thinking "oh no, did they call her Charli [Roman numerals]?"

    but no, they called her "Charli Zzzyyykkchkks", as in 'xylophone'

    which is pretty cringe, but made me laugh that I had assumed it was going to be a #RomanNumeral issue

    While trying to figure out what XCX would be in #RomanNumerals I found this nifty calculator

    numere-romane.ro/convert-roman

    XCX turns out not to be a valid Roman number because using the subtractive formula by which you subtract the first letter from the second

    (which is why IX = 10 - 1 = 9)

    you'd get

    XC = 100 - 10 = 90

    but then the extra C just adds another 10 back on, so it's a nonsense way of saying 100

    This made me reflect on how as a kid I learned the rules of Roman numerals by osmosis by watching movies and TV shows that ended with the production year in Roman numerals

    e.g. MCMLXXXVII

    (a number I plucked off the top of my head that offers inadvertent insight into my age)

    1000 + 900 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 1987

    Like, the three main rules are:

    1. You arrange the letters from the highest value to the lowest and then add them up

    2. V, L and D can only be used once in a number. You can use I, X, C and M up to three times in a row, but only those letters. You have to use Rule 3 to get more precise numbers

    3. When you put a numeral with a lower value in front of one with a higher value, you subtract the lower number from the higher number. But you can only use the subtractive letter once in the number, which is why XCX doesn't work

    Today I learned a new rule:

    4. Putting brackets around a Roman numeral adds "thousand" to the end of its value. (Sometimes this is also shown with a macron – the straight horizontal accent – over the letter)

    V = 5
    (V) = 5000
    L = 50
    (L) = 50,000

  19. *Scene: Bananagrams*

    Me: “What does that spell?”
    Relative: “Eight.”

    Wishing you a warm and comforting holiday period debating board game House Rules with your loved ones, and sending hugs and wishing you lots of good memories if that’s not a possibility this year

    #boardgames #wordgames #romannumerals #holidays #wordplay #bananagrams

  20. CW: Pun: What do you call a collection of I, V, X, L, C, D and M symbols that won't stay in place?