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minus-squaresmnwcj@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down17·1 month 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-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoBase 60 is five times better again
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIf only they made a meter equal a yard. Then we could all be bilingual.
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 month agoWe don’t count in base-12. Redesign the numerical system first and get it adopted world wide. I’ll wait.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoIf there’s a better base than 10, it is a power of two.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.
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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We don’t count in base-12. Redesign the numerical system first and get it adopted world wide. I’ll wait.
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.