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[–] mlfh@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That is so cool! Thanks for the tip

[–] mlfh@lemmy.ml 79 points 2 years ago (21 children)

One benefit of base 12 and base 60 over base 10 for everyday use with things like time is simple factorization. You can divide 12 hours evenly into halves, thirds, quarters, and sixths, and 60 minutes evenly into halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, sixths, tenths, etc. With base 10, you've just got halves and fifths.

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