(17:24) < mod6> anyone care to enlighten me on this:
(17:24) < mod6> We should note that in Nock and Hoon, 0 (pronounced @\yes@]) is true, and 1 (@\no@]) is false. Why? It@Ys fresh, it@Ys different, it@Ys new. And it@Ys annoying. And it keeps you on your toes. And it@Ys
                also just intuitively right.
(17:24) < mod6> why in the world would anyone make it this way?
(17:24) < racnul-haldec> there's a lot of that
(17:24) < mhartl> It's not as weird as it looks; Unix works that way.
(17:24) < racnul-haldec> like integers need a decimal point
(17:25) < mod6> im trying to determine if urbit/nock/hoon would ever actually be useful outside of trollville...
(17:25) < retard> defaulting to yes is proof of a far more positive view on life
(17:25) < racnul-haldec> it's being unconventional for the sake of....
(17:26) < mod6> well... in everything, and math: 1 = something, = you have something, so true. 0 = nothing, = you have nothing, so false. why would that convention be changed?
(17:26) < mod6> racnul-haldec: ok so just for the sake of being a pain in the ass.
(17:26) < racnul-haldec> i think that's right
(17:26) < racnul-haldec> same thing with the "German" integer notation