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minus-squaredfc09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoTrue! And that’s probably why we use base 10, also we have 10 fingers. But that’s usually the argument for base 12. I think we do ok using it in just certain cases, like time and inches.
minus-squareWaterSword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoActually this works fine in base 12 too! See my other comment for a more in-depth explanationz
True! And that’s probably why we use base 10, also we have 10 fingers. But that’s usually the argument for base 12. I think we do ok using it in just certain cases, like time and inches.
Actually this works fine in base 12 too! See my other comment for a more in-depth explanationz