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Reposting bc I dun goofed before

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (32 children)

Why would metric time still use the same seconds? Surely it'd be a different unit that was a nice multiple of 10

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (5 children)

60 is good because you can divide it by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30 which is convenient

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

yeah, lets all start counting in base-60

I'll start by counting to ten

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω ϟ 10

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