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https://xkcd.com/2846 Alt text: I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·11 months agoYou forgot decimal time! We should stop this nonsense of having 24 hours a day, 60 minutes per hours, 60 seconds per minutes, 1000 ms per seconds. Instead we switch to switch to decimal time: 10 hours a day, 100 minutes per hours and 100 second per minutes.
minus-squareflerp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months ago12 divides nicer and evener than 10. If only evolution had given us two extra fingers we’d use base twelve numbers and everything would be better.
minus-squareRobert7301201@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoSome cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin
minus-squareworldsayshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYes! All this plus International Fixed Calendar and then all date issues will be solved forever! Or until we start going to space for real
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoOr just switch to using base 12
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWhy not a base 16 then ?
minus-squareRobert7301201@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago12 is a superior highly composite number, which means it’s easier to divide without running into fractions or decimals.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoInteresting, I did not knew the concept
minus-squareRobert7301201@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat would require redefining the second or no longer linking the day with the rotation of the Earth.
You forgot decimal time!
We should stop this nonsense of having 24 hours a day, 60 minutes per hours, 60 seconds per minutes, 1000 ms per seconds.
Instead we switch to switch to decimal time: 10 hours a day, 100 minutes per hours and 100 second per minutes.
12 divides nicer and evener than 10. If only evolution had given us two extra fingers we’d use base twelve numbers and everything would be better.
Some cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin
Yes! All this plus International Fixed Calendar and then all date issues will be solved forever!
Or until we start going to space for real
Or just switch to using base 12
Why not a base 16 then ?
12 is a superior highly composite number, which means it’s easier to divide without running into fractions or decimals.
Interesting, I did not knew the concept
That would require redefining the second or no longer linking the day with the rotation of the Earth.