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submitted 7 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Base 12 has factors: 1,2,3,4,6. Dividing by 5 is tricky.

Base 10 has factors: 1,2,5. Dividing by 3 is tricky.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think this is it. The 5 factors instead of 3.

I also think there was something to do with fractions of an inch too. Like that divisibility was also an advantage of imperial.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even these people who are screeching "decimal for everything!" in the thread still use dozenal for time, months, and cartons of eggs.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

I was going to mention the base number issue but couldn't be bothered, i had just only woken up