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You forgot decimal time!

We should stop this nonsense of having 24 hours a day, 60 minutes per hours, 60 seconds per minutes, 1000 ms per seconds.

Instead we switch to switch to decimal time: 10 hours a day, 100 minutes per hours and 100 second per minutes.

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flerp@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
12 divides nicer and evener than 10. If only evolution had given us two extra fingers we’d use base twelve numbers and everything would be better.

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- Robert7301201@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Some cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin
  
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worldsayshi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yes! All this plus International Fixed Calendar and then all date issues will be solved forever!

Or until we start going to space for real

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areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Or just switch to using base 12

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- BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Why not a base 16 then ?
  
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  - Robert7301201@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    12 is a superior highly composite number, which means it’s easier to divide without running into fractions or decimals.
    
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    BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Interesting, I did not knew the concept
    
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Robert7301201@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That would require redefining the second or no longer linking the day with the rotation of the Earth.

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