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Why don't we use a base-12 number system? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/dadjokes

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It just dozen add up.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

(Western) base-10 needs two hands. Base-12 is one-handed. (There's a base-10 system used in China that's one-handed, mind. Or, rather, it's one-handed until you reach 10.)

Also some maths operations can be done fairly easily (like division) with the base-12 finger-counting system.