Like A Duck@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-squaremessage-square380fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down122
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minus-squareBluetreefrog@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months ago Ten is a terrible number to base our counting system on. Maybe when you are counting apples, but not when you are dealing with arbitrary amounts. Why else is our number system base 10?
minus-squareRouxibeau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoBecause ten fingers. Base 12 is still better.
Maybe when you are counting apples, but not when you are dealing with arbitrary amounts. Why else is our number system base 10?
Because ten fingers. Base 12 is still better.