https://xkcd.com/2937

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Sorry to make you memorize this random string of digits. If it helps, it can also double as a mnemonic for remembering your young relatives’ birthdays, if they happened to have been born on February 5th, 2018.

  • hk_a@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Or, just remember sun, soul, tough. Zero is ‘s’, 2 in ‘n’, 5 is ‘L’, 1 is ‘t’, and 8 is ‘f’

    • Deebster@programming.devOP
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      5 months ago

      Ah, the major system. I have a slightly different version: 1 is L, 5 is f/v (FiVe) and 8 is ch/J. Sun, sci-fi, lichee maybe.