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[–] nxfsi 8 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Ah yes, the weirdos who insist on using dozenal

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I mean, base 12 or 16 is definitely better than 10. Not saying imperial is better but a system like metric that uses base 12 or 16 would be best, as it’s divisible by more numbers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

What‘s 1/4 * 10^3?

What‘s 1/4 * 16^3?

[–] Webster 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

4^5 (16^3 = 4^6 ) or 16^2 * 4

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you, ~~Wolfram~~ Webster Alpha

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