I can read UPC, ISBN, and EAN bar codes. Tear the numbers off the bottom, hand me the lines, and I can tell you the numbers you tore off. Also, if you give me any specific date on the Gregorian calendar (on or after October 15, 1582), I can tell you the day of the week it was or will be on.
Finally…way less interesting…but I have a Master’s degree in math and have taught elementary, middle school, high school, dual credit, and college math classes.
It’s a Friday. Because all that matter in any date with a year greater than four digits is the last four digits, and July 26, 2024 is today, and today is a Friday. 😊
I edited my response to show the math behind it. And well played with the astronomy fun, didn’t even notice it. I am a math teacher with autism IRL, so I hyperfixated on the numbers!
I can read UPC, ISBN, and EAN bar codes. Tear the numbers off the bottom, hand me the lines, and I can tell you the numbers you tore off. Also, if you give me any specific date on the Gregorian calendar (on or after October 15, 1582), I can tell you the day of the week it was or will be on.
Finally…way less interesting…but I have a Master’s degree in math and have taught elementary, middle school, high school, dual credit, and college math classes.
July 26, 6.000.002.024
It’s a Friday. Because all that matter in any date with a year greater than four digits is the last four digits, and July 26, 2024 is today, and today is a Friday. 😊
What should also probably matter though is the existence of the sun 😉 Otherwise, how can it be a day?
To be fair though, I gave that point in time a day-like notation
I edited my response to show the math behind it. And well played with the astronomy fun, didn’t even notice it. I am a math teacher with autism IRL, so I hyperfixated on the numbers!
You’ve memorised the Doomsday algorithm?
Indeed.