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minus-square@psudlink1•1 year agoBase 60 has too many symbols for the digits Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoYeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60
minus-square@psudlink1•1 year agoIndeed. 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
minus-squareJack Riddlelinkfedilink2•1 year agoBase six https://www.seximal.net/ Base 12 has some aweful divisions, like 1/5th and 1/7th
minus-square@pHr34kYlink1•edit-21 year agoGranted, 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.
minus-square@psudlink1•1 year agoDecimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c We’re just lucky that 1c is negligible
I would pick base 12. Which would you prefer?
Base 12 crew represent.
base 60 Babylonian gang where you at
Base 60 has too many symbols for the digits
Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9
Yeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60
I mean base 60 would be cool and all, but it would be unwieldy
skill issue
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
Base 60
Base six
https://www.seximal.net/
Base 12 has some aweful divisions, like 1/5th and 1/7th
Hexadecimal is always best.
It doesn’t divide by 3
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.
Decimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c
We’re just lucky that 1c is negligible