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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-squareDaxtron2linkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYeah but it doesn’t have the same schwag as base 60
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI mean base 60 would be cool and all, but it would be unwieldy
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIndeed. 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
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
I mean base 60 would be cool and all, but it would be unwieldy
skill issue
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