@TheOneWithTheHair to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 1 year agoinches plus coins equals metric systemimagemessage-square118arrow-up1798arrow-down124
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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
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