@TheOneWithTheHair to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 1 year agoinches plus coins equals metric systemimagemessage-square118arrow-up1798arrow-down124
arrow-up1774arrow-down1imageinches plus coins equals metric system@TheOneWithTheHair to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square118
minus-square@bitwabalink1•1 year ago Time is the example of something designed around 3/4 and didn’t change. 60 is divisiable by both 4 (15) and 3 (20) and is not base 10, but people can accept that. The French tried decimal time for a few years… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
The French tried decimal time for a few years…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time