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by fainpul 148 days ago
Obviously base 60 is superior to all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9m2jck1f90

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Possibly yes. But every implementation of base-60 I've ever seen is actually implemented as alternating base-6 and base-10.

A true base-60 would have 60 unique symbols for the different digital values, much like how in our set of ten digits {0123456789}, none of the symbols have any rhyme or pattern with respect to the others.

Good luck memorizing the ~1800 entries of the base-60 multiplication table.