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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We should switch to a base 12 number system.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's way too long for a week, yeah.

Just to be an insufferable pedant, I would like to point out that a base-60 system would only have one digit from 0 to 59. So technically fewer digits than with our current system to express the same range of values, and as we all know, technically correct is the best kind of correct.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But you need 60 different symbols. That's what I was referring to

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Okay, that makes sense. Yeah, the overall number of extant digits would increase six-fold. I was trying to express the idea that the number of digits in an operation would decrease.

[–] FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Just use Arabic numerals, but modified 5 additional times. Like 1-9, then 1-9 with a dot on top, then 2 dots on top, and so on.

That's probably the most pragmatic approach.

I also like this one system founded on primes:

https://jakubmarian.com/base-60/

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Digits too much. Already have 10 and it took me long enough to memorize those ones.