Gork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoOr we could do metric timefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageOr we could do metric timefiles.catbox.moeGork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareOozingPositron@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWith base 12 you can actually get a result for 1/3
minus-squareKaityy@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoBig Decimal has brainwashed the population into thinking that 5 is a good number instead of the terrible prime number that it is. It should be clumped in with 7 and 11 as Bad Numbers when you’re dealing with anything except for 10s.
With base 12 you can actually get a result for 1/3
But not for 1/5
Big Decimal has brainwashed the population into thinking that 5 is a good number instead of the terrible prime number that it is. It should be clumped in with 7 and 11 as Bad Numbers when you’re dealing with anything except for 10s.