atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebayport@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThe French tried doing decimal time using base 10 during the French Revolution. People have thought about it in the past and tried https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
minus-squarecrackgammon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoAnd Swatch for some weird reason. Absolute insanity.
The French tried doing decimal time using base 10 during the French Revolution. People have thought about it in the past and tried
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
And Swatch for some weird reason. Absolute insanity.