@atrax to Showerthoughts • 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-square57arrow-up1192arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.@atrax to Showerthoughts • 1 year agomessage-square57file-text
minus-squareNausiyanlinkfedilink13•1 year agoYou can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
minus-square@willis936link2•1 year agoAncient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)
You can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
Ancient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)