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Reposting bc I dun goofed before

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

60 is good because you can divide it by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30 which is convenient

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

I'll switch to metric when we adopt dozenal numbers, and not a moment sooner

[–] vegantomato@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Compared to 100 which can only be divided by 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50. Not too bad, but not as good.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

With circles being 360 degrees, the base12 is cooler

[–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

idk what you mean, circles are 2π radians

[–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

yeah, lets all start counting in base-60

I'll start by counting to ten

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω ϟ 10