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[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No man, you don't get it, I was told that a foot is much better, because that's 12 inches and then 12 can be easily divided by 2,3,4,6

As if you couldn't just work with wood sizes of 12 or 24cms....

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i would accept that if the rest followed.

it's 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile.

meanwhile everywhere else in the world we just add and remove zeroes as needed. (or move the decimal point)

[-] GrosPapatouf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

To be fair, using the decimal system for everything was the No1 mistake of the french revolution. A duodecimal system would have been so much nicer.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

It's so hard to even conceptualize if it would be better. A few common divisions would be, but is it easier than a decimal system? Would switching to one ever not feel weird if you previously learnt the decimal system?

[-] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

A duodecimal system would have been so much nicer.

Everyone loves a library!

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

I think that's the Dewey decimal system, which inspired the Chewy decimal system, which is the next innovation in grocery store layouts.

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