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minus-squaresmnwcj@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down17·1 day 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-up23·1 day agoWe don’t count in base-12. Redesign the numerical system first and get it adopted world wide. I’ll wait.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoBase 60 is five times better again
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIf only they made a meter equal a yard. Then we could all be bilingual.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoIf there’s a better base than 10, it is a power of two.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours 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.
Base 60 is five times better again
Let me tell you about base 5040
If only they made a meter equal a yard. Then we could all be bilingual.
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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.