Ragitsu Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 TL;DR: Without zero, it doesn't make sense to have negative numbers either. Without negatives, half of subtraction is just gone, because you have to end up with a positive number. With subtraction crippled, algebra is also useless, which means you can't have calculus, trigonometry, useful comparison operators, or basically anything other than the four basic operations. Also you need zero for positional (base-10) numeral systems, for the same reason that you need it for binary encoding. So that means you're stuck using stuff like Roman numerals, or even Peanno/unary/tally counts. And that makes even basic addition, multiplication, etc. extremely tedious to do and probably error-prone with pen and paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ragitsu Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 Quote reave /rēv/ Learn to pronounce verb ARCHAIC verb: reave; 3rd person present: reaves; past tense: reft; past participle: reft; gerund or present participle: reaving carry out raids in order to plunder. "the strong could reave and steal" rob (a person or place) of something by force. "reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast" steal (something). Quote rive /rīv/ Learn to pronounce verb verb: rive; 3rd person present: rives; past tense: rived; gerund or present participle: riving; past participle: riven LITERARY split or tear apart violently. "the party was riven by disagreements over Europe" Similar: torn apart split rent ripped apart ruptured severed cleft torn asunder ripped asunder dissevered ARCHAIC split or crack (wood or stone). "the wood was riven with deep cracks" ARCHAIC (of wood or stone) split or crack. "I started to chop furiously, the dry wood riving and splintering under the axe" Quote sur·feit /ˈsərfət/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: surfeit; plural noun: surfeits an excessive amount of something. "a surfeit of food and drink" Similar: excess surplus abundance oversupply superabundance superfluity overdose glut avalanche deluge too much more than enough overindulgence overconsumption satiety satiation bellyful Opposite: lack dearth ARCHAIC an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking. "he died of a surfeit" verb verb: surfeit; 3rd person present: surfeits; past tense: surfeited; past participle: surfeited; gerund or present participle: surfeiting cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess. "I am surfeited with shopping" Similar: satiate gorge overfeed overfill glut cram stuff overindulge fill sicken nauseate ARCHAIC consume too much of something. "he never surfeited on rich wine" Quote de·scry /dəˈskrī/ Learn to pronounce verb LITERARY verb: descry; 3rd person present: descries; past tense: descried; past participle: descried; gerund or present participle: descrying catch sight of. "she descried two figures" Similar: spot notice catch sight of see make out glimpse sight discern perceive observe detect distinguish pick out spy out recognize identify mark remark clock espy behold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ragitsu Posted August 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 put upon /ˈpo͝od əˌpän/ Learn to pronounce adjective taken advantage of as a result of one's good nature; expected or asked to do too much. "I've encouraged her to say no if she really feels put upon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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