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minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoTo do that, we first need to switch our number system from Base-10 to Base-12. A metric system in Base-12 would be clean and elegant. It would play nice with geometry, trigonometry, unit circle, angular measurement, etc. Base-10 is fucking cursed. If some Base-12 aliens came here tomorrow, they’d look at our number system like we’d look at Base-7 or Base-14.
To do that, we first need to switch our number system from Base-10 to Base-12.
A metric system in Base-12 would be clean and elegant. It would play nice with geometry, trigonometry, unit circle, angular measurement, etc.
Base-10 is fucking cursed. If some Base-12 aliens came here tomorrow, they’d look at our number system like we’d look at Base-7 or Base-14.