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by p1mrx 1872 days ago
Base sixty would be much worse for humans. There are too many digits to memorize, and the multiplication table is enormous. It does give you a factor of 5, but 5 is only so common because we use base ten.

Base twelve is better than thirty because you can represent 1/4 (0.3) and 3/4 (0.9) with a single digit.