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[-] DJKayDawg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I would pick base 12. Which would you prefer?

[-] TeenieBopper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Base 12 crew represent.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

base 60 Babylonian gang where you at

[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Base 60 has too many symbols for the digits

Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but it doesn't have the same schwag as base 60

[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean base 60 would be cool and all, but it would be unwieldy

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago
[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed. I think you don't want a number system that children can't use

Base twelve already works great in our number names, with eleven and twelve being individually named unlike the teens

[-] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Base six

https://www.seximal.net/

Base 12 has some aweful divisions, like 1/5th and 1/7th

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] psud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Granted, but it divides by two multiple times. Take a good, round number like 1024 and you can halve it 10 times in a row.

The metric system handles thirds by just using multiples. Like, you buy a 1200 wide benchtop and then you can fit a three 400 drawers under it.

You could technically do the same in hex and the base numbers are all (x^y + x^(y+1)) which represent well.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Decimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c

We're just lucky that 1c is negligible

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