Gork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoOr we could do metric timefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1681
arrow-up1681imageOr we could do metric timefiles.catbox.moeGork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squarebobbytables@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoI hate the idea of metric time (for a lot of use cases metric is still awesome). 12 and 60 can be easily divided by 2, 3, 4, 6. 60 also by 5 and 10. Even for 8 it’s still kind of easy. For 10 or 100 division is easy for 2, 5 and 10 and okay-ish for 4. The 12/60 (and 360 degrees of a circle) are such an elegant system!
minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoGet better at math and theres no problem.
minus-squareSanndyTheManndy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agomakes sense in a world without much fractions or the decimal system. You want to get the most divisors for your buck.
minus-squarebobbytables@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIMHO especially in a setting like time where fractions are very common (like “half an hour”), being able to represent fractions with whole numbers is very convenient.
I hate the idea of metric time (for a lot of use cases metric is still awesome).
12 and 60 can be easily divided by 2, 3, 4, 6. 60 also by 5 and 10. Even for 8 it’s still kind of easy.
For 10 or 100 division is easy for 2, 5 and 10 and okay-ish for 4.
The 12/60 (and 360 degrees of a circle) are such an elegant system!
Get better at math and theres no problem.
makes sense in a world without much fractions or the decimal system. You want to get the most divisors for your buck.
IMHO especially in a setting like time where fractions are very common (like “half an hour”), being able to represent fractions with whole numbers is very convenient.