Comment on inches plus coins equals metric system

• psud@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    skill issue

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    • psud@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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