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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

50 years? I bet we couldn't even agree on how to write "11" & "12" on such short notice. (See: date format, encoding, etc)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

we could just go with the hexidecimal way and go with A,B,C for 10,11 and 12

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Dude's out here trying to get us to use base 13.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why not?

Why not use a large prime as the base?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Honnest answer, 1/2 in DEC is 0.5 easy. 1/2 in base 13 is .6666666666.... Easy but ugly. You want a base that has comon fractions easily represented by decimals. People like dozenal since many fractions are easily represented. 1/2 = 0.6, 1/3 = 0.4, 1/4 = 0.3

I'm personally a fan of hexidecimal partly because I'm a programmer and partially because it can be halved several times

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well we write 12 like this: 10

It's easy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

oops I mean "10" & "11"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Binary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

To be fair, you should be comparing 2 hands in base 12 to 2 hands in base 10, I. E. 20:24. Still a real difference, but not the 10:24 difference you pointed out.