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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Common denominators. You can divide base 12 into half, thirds, fourths, and sixths and still use integers. I find thirds to be particularly useful, so base 16 is out. Base 60 can do it, but that's getting unweildly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Can't do base 12 on fingers. I prefer base 8.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You can do base 12 on fingers! You count each of the 3 segments on each finger and ignore the thumb (you can use it to keep your place), so you can count up to 12 on just one hand! :)

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