MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago6 January 1988sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1145
arrow-up1145image6 January 1988sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoFurther aren’t there a handful of cultures that work on something other than base 10 like Sumerians using base 60?
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYep, although I can’t speak about the current ones (if any). Separately, I wonder if the thirty-twelve is also an early reference to Hitchhiker’s?
Further aren’t there a handful of cultures that work on something other than base 10 like Sumerians using base 60?
Yep, although I can’t speak about the current ones (if any).
Separately, I wonder if the thirty-twelve is also an early reference to Hitchhiker’s?