I switched to the middle one because I couldn’t tell my sevens from my ones 😅
Does no one write their 1 as a simple line down?
I do, but then it’s too easy to confuse with absolute value. Beats confusing it with 7 though
1 do, buy sometimes it can be important to make sure you mean I and not 1 (and definitely not l) if you’re writing a code of some kind.
BOO… × IOO + BS
I’m sure some do. But not everyone does. This helps avoid the confusion.
Only when writing binary or truth tables.
Underline your danged ones.
I make my underline too wide which makes it unsuitable for anything but 1 by itself :(
My underlined 1s look like my 2s when I write with a marker. It’s a problem I didn’t antisipate that arose when I was trying to distinguish my 1s from my Is and ls.
You’ll change your tune when your work forces you to regularly write nonsensical combinations of letters and numbers.
I want to upvote, but just can’t do it.
Its everywhere dude!
Edit: that x is meant to be + but im as lazy as i am bad at math
The trend continues (no I didn’t have the patience to wait an extra hour)
THE NUMBERS MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN?!
57 = 12 + 45
Erase most of the 4 and you have 12 - 5 = 7
The numbers mason! What do they mean?
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Why would I put in the extra effort? How much time have I saved by not adding in that extra line in my 40+years of life?
How much more will I save in the next 40+ (less, of course, since computers will be the main source of 7s, whereas most of my 7s in the first 40 were in my youth before computers were commonplace, and I hope I don’t live that fucking long)?
Why would I put in the extra effort?
Distinguishes it better from 1. 1 and 7 can look pretty similar
depends if you’ve ever written down a password and misread a seven then you’ve literally wasted more time by not doing it.
though strike through zero is probably more important for that situation.
@metaStatic I have found that the fastest way to parse long passwords eg software keys is if you underline all numbers as you write them down.
ambiguity (even potential ambiguity) is a larger time waster
7Unless you have an actual need to write a lot of 7s in a row and then rush off and actually do something you otherwise wouldn’t have been able to accomplish had you omitted them, you can’t claim that as usefully saved time. The tiny fractions of time by themselves aren’t enough to do anything on their own therefore the total amount of things you have accomplished in your life would be the same whether you added the lines or not.
Behold! The 7 I used back in middle school…
It’s beautiful
I still use this one! Makes me feel like a fancy lad.
Maximum effect!
Me too. Then one day I thought about how it was just unnecessary extra steps and I stopped. I also used to do a fancy 1.
Same dude. My 7s are so unfancy now.
I started using that back in middle school, too, but I never gave up.
I started slashing my 7s and 0s in university; it’s just easier to distinguish them thanks to the abundance of Greek letters, symbols, and notations used in engineering. Also my bad printing was further marred by constantly nodding off while taking notes, so anything to improve clarity.
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Ya. Math and engineering totally ducked up my handwriting. I mean, it was already pretty bad. But all those other letters didn’t help!
I spent 10 years in research, slashing your 7’s and 0’s is absolutely required in data keeping. Every intern/tech I had got the handwriting lesson.
I also change how they wrote capital G after too many “is that a 6 or a G” moments.
Absolutely G’s and 2s!
All about slashing Z’s
Exact same except I didn’t go to college and it was 100% because I couldn’t read my own writing well enough to distinguish without them.
You draw sevens with a small bar in the middle because it looks better.
I draw sevens with a small bar in the middle because I have the handwriting of a goblin and my ones and sevens often look similar otherwise
We are not the same
I write French sevens because it pissed off all the managers at the IRS.
Doubly so if you’re a le sir who Ø
empty set
I have strong feelings about this one because that is the only reasonable way to clearly distinguish numeral from letter
Well, most of the time. There’s this bastard: Ø.
That’s a letter, not a zero. Second-to-last letter in the Danish and Norwegian alphabets. We Swedes use Ö instead.
VII
0000 0111
I’m a fan. I slash my zeros, too.
How about your z?
God has joined the match
In some languages, z != ƶ = ż
77Exactly. This is why your stupid superfluous dashed sevens are heretical. Nobody should ever ask me if my 3 is a 7; what an absolutely absurd question.
Prof from Germany explained that 1 in Germany has a flag so 7 must have a slash. Seemed good enough of a compromise to slash all the 7s and give 1s flags and feet.
Damnit…take my upvote
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5th down is basically my numbers but I have a bar on my 7 and no base on my 1.
It’s like it’s wearing a bow-tie 🤵