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c048
145 days ago
Only in certain fields. For most interactions divide by 10 is far easier than divide by 12, and you'd end up with far, far more "eyeballed" measurements.
So no, as a human being, I'm fine with base 10.
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rob74
145 days ago
Or you'd have to go all in and write numbers in base 12 too, then dividing by 12 would be easier...
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jxdxbx
141 days ago
Yes, I think we should be all in on base 12. 10 is just the arbitrary number of fingers we have. Poor choice! 12 is much more composite.
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