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minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoCan we all use base 12? It will be a shower of shit for like 50 years but then it will be marginally better for pretty much everyone.
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago50 years? I bet we couldn’t even agree on how to write “11” & “12” on such short notice. (See: date format, encoding, etc)
minus-squareexocrinous@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoWell we write 12 like this: 10 It’s easy
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agooops I mean “10” & “11”
minus-squareKhrux@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSome people argue that it would be harder to count on your fingers but we could just surgically give everyone more?
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThere are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand. Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!
minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoBinary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers
Can we all use base 12?
It will be a shower of shit for like 50 years but then it will be marginally better for pretty much everyone.
50 years? I bet we couldn’t even agree on how to write “11” & “12” on such short notice. (See: date format, encoding, etc)
Well we write 12 like this: 10
It’s easy
oops I mean “10” & “11”
Some people argue that it would be harder to count on your fingers but we could just surgically give everyone more?
There are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand.
Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!
Binary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers