Comment on inches plus coins equals metric system

• psud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Base 60 has too many symbols for the digits

  Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9

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  • Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60

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    • psud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean base 60 would be cool and all, but it would be unwieldy

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      • Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        skill issue

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