Ahh, another connoisseur of the Dozenal system! Everyone should add a little dek and el to their life!
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Inductor@feddit.de 3 weeks agobase12 has the advantage of being divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6, while base10 is only divisible by 2 and 5.
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
uis@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
You listed 2 twice - as 2 and as 4. Generally, when talking about bases better talk only about prime factors. Base12 has 2 and 3 as prime factors, while base10 has 2 and 5.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So you’re arguing in favor of feet and inches?
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The Dozenal system does have some advantages over base10. Feel free to poke around []dozenal.org/…/brief-introduction-dozenal-counting… to learn a bit about Donzenal/Duodecimal counting and maths.
And to bring up a point, why did every nation that adopted the metric system require a law(s) to force people to use it? Complete with penalties if you don’t. If it was such a good and great idea, people would have naturally gravitated to it don’t you think?