Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Dec 20, 2024
I want to invent a currency that has a coin worth 1/3rd of a dollar, just to punish programmers
Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 20, 2024

@foone

under the Lsd system, tuppence is a sixth of a shilling, and then there's 20 shillings to the pound....

Show threadJernej Simončič �Dec 20, 2024
@munin @foone I remember seeing a picture of a rotary switch on an IBM mainframe that let you choose between 4 ways to encode UK currency.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Dec 20, 2024
@jernej__s @munin yeah. that's why modern computers are so crap. you can't set the dial to pounds/shilling/pence. I should make one of those dials for my main PC
Show threadJernej Simončič �Dec 20, 2024
@foone @munin Found it:
Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️

@jernej__s @foone

wait ......-what-

you can choose between one standard's pence and another standard's shillings?

-what-

Dec 20, 2024 at 11:35pmWeb