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Every base is base 10(lemmy.world)

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Wanderer@lemm.ee
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Can we all use base 12?

It will be a shower of shit for like 50 years but then it will be marginally better for pretty much everyone.

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ted@sh.itjust.works
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42* years. Centuries are now 84 years. We are living in the 19th century! I rate this idea 12/12.

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lowleveldata@programming.dev
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50 years? I bet we couldn’t even agree on how to write “11” & “12” on such short notice. (See: date format, encoding, etc)

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problematicPanther@lemmy.world
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we could just go with the hexidecimal way and go with A,B,C for 10,11 and 12

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chellomere@lemmy.world
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No, 12 in base 12 is 10, not C. But yes, 10 can be A and 11 can be B

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exocrinous@startrek.website
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Well we write 12 like this: 10

It’s easy

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lowleveldata@programming.dev
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oops I mean “10” & “11”

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Khrux@ttrpg.network
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Some people argue that it would be harder to count on your fingers but we could just surgically give everyone more?

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Wanderer@lemm.ee
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There are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand.

Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!

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BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works
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Binary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers

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