• Daxtron2
    71·
    3 years ago

    base 60 Babylonian gang where you at

    • psud@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
      1·
      3 years ago

      Base 60 has too many symbols for the digits

      Base 12 you only need two more symbols to follow 9

      • Daxtron2
        1·
        3 years ago

        Yeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60

        • psud@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
          1·
          3 years ago

          I mean base 60 would be cool and all, but it would be unwieldy

            • psud@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
              1·
              3 years ago

              Indeed. I think you don’t want a number system that children can’t use

              Base twelve already works great in our number names, with eleven and twelve being individually named unlike the teens