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minus-squareFreeBeard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoInstead of fighting over the best arbitrary unit system we should all sit together and create a truly logical system that makes conversions - even between units - as simple as possible.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoTo do that, we first need to switch our number system from Base-10 to Base-12. A metric system in Base-12 would be clean and elegant. It would play nice with geometry, trigonometry, unit circle, angular measurement, etc. Base-10 is fucking cursed. If some Base-12 aliens came here tomorrow, they’d look at our number system like we’d look at Base-7 or Base-14.
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWhy should we? There are only 3 countries that don’t use metric. Why should we accommodate to something less than 5% of the population uses? Especially if it is so wildly inconsistent in every form it takes?
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoFinance and hours, please?
Instead of fighting over the best arbitrary unit system we should all sit together and create a truly logical system that makes conversions - even between units - as simple as possible.
xkcd 927
To do that, we first need to switch our number system from Base-10 to Base-12.
A metric system in Base-12 would be clean and elegant. It would play nice with geometry, trigonometry, unit circle, angular measurement, etc.
Base-10 is fucking cursed. If some Base-12 aliens came here tomorrow, they’d look at our number system like we’d look at Base-7 or Base-14.
Why should we? There are only 3 countries that don’t use metric.
Why should we accommodate to something less than 5% of the population uses? Especially if it is so wildly inconsistent in every form it takes?
Finance and hours, please?