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minus-squareDJKayDawg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoI would pick base 12. Which would you prefer?
minus-squareTeenieBopper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months agoBase 12 crew represent.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agobase 60 Babylonian gang where you at
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBase 60 has too many symbols for the digits Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60
minus-squareJack Riddle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoBase six https://www.seximal.net/ Base 12 has some aweful divisions, like 1/5th and 1/7th
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoHexadecimal is always best.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoGranted, but it divides by two multiple times. Take a good, round number like 1024 and you can halve it 10 times in a row.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoDecimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c We’re just lucky that 1c is negligible
I would pick base 12. Which would you prefer?
Base 12 crew represent.
base 60 Babylonian gang where you at
Base 60 has too many symbols for the digits
Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9
Yeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60
Base 60
Base six
https://www.seximal.net/
Base 12 has some aweful divisions, like 1/5th and 1/7th
Hexadecimal is always best.
It doesn’t divide by 3
Granted, but it divides by two multiple times. Take a good, round number like 1024 and you can halve it 10 times in a row.
Decimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c
We’re just lucky that 1c is negligible