Comment on inches plus coins equals metric system

• Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

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  • psud@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

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    • Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      skill issue

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      • psud@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        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

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