atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, it’s definitely base independent. It’s just that representations of it are typically in base 10 because we typically use base 10. Base 10 is not how it is “widely used” though. It is widely used in encoded form. It’s not typically shown as a number when displayed for humans.
Yeah, it’s definitely base independent. It’s just that representations of it are typically in base 10 because we typically use base 10.
Base 10 is not how it is “widely used” though. It is widely used in encoded form. It’s not typically shown as a number when displayed for humans.