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minus-squaresmnwcj@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down17·9 days agoMetric will never recover from not being base-12. Ease of use and intuitiveness suddenly trumps “objective” design. We’d have metric time right now, smh.
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·9 days agoWe don’t count in base-12. Redesign the numerical system first and get it adopted world wide. I’ll wait.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoIf only they made a meter equal a yard. Then we could all be bilingual.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 days agoIf there’s a better base than 10, it is a power of two.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoNah, highly composite number. A product of multiple primes. 10 is 2 and 5. A power of 2 is just multiple 2s. 12 gets you 2, 2, and 3. 60 adds a 5.
Metric will never recover from not being base-12. Ease of use and intuitiveness suddenly trumps “objective” design. We’d have metric time right now, smh.
We don’t count in base-12. Redesign the numerical system first and get it adopted world wide. I’ll wait.
If only they made a meter equal a yard. Then we could all be bilingual.
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Base 60 is five times better again
Let me tell you about base 5040
If there’s a better base than 10, it is a power of two.
Nah, highly composite number. A product of multiple primes. 10 is 2 and 5. A power of 2 is just multiple 2s. 12 gets you 2, 2, and 3. 60 adds a 5.