King@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1255file-text
arrow-up1255external-linkTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgKing@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoA dozenal system is more difficult in multiplication. Decimal: 10^7 =10000000, 10^8=100000000, 10^9=1000000000, etc. Dozenal: 12^7= 35831808, 12^8=429981696, 12^9=5159780352. Gets very messy very quick.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoThat’s because you’re working in base 10. That person wants to covert to base 12.
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIn which case teaching kids to count becomes more difficult because we have ten fingers
minus-squaremetallic_z3r0@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoUnless you use your thumb to point to the phalanges of each finger.
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOk that’s me convinced. I’m on board train dozenal!
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWait till you hear about these things called inches!
minus-squareTheEntity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIn base 12 12^7 would be written as 10000000 too.
A dozenal system is more difficult in multiplication. Decimal: 10^7 =10000000, 10^8=100000000, 10^9=1000000000, etc.
Dozenal: 12^7= 35831808, 12^8=429981696, 12^9=5159780352.
Gets very messy very quick.
That’s because you’re working in base 10. That person wants to covert to base 12.
In which case teaching kids to count becomes more difficult because we have ten fingers
Unless you use your thumb to point to the phalanges of each finger.
Ok that’s me convinced. I’m on board train dozenal!
Wait till you hear about these things called inches!
Yeah that’s true.
In base 12 12^7 would be written as 10000000 too.