King@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgKing@lemy.lol to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s because you’re working in base 10. That person wants to covert to base 12.
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·2 years agoIn which case teaching kids to count becomes more difficult because we have ten fingers
minus-squaremetallic_z3r0@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoUnless you use your thumb to point to the phalanges of each finger.
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOk that’s me convinced. I’m on board train dozenal!
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoSince we can count to “10” (12) on one hand, we can use the other hand to count sets of “10”, bringing us up to “100” (144). With decimal, we’re stuck at 20, and that’s only if we’re wearing sandals.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWait till you hear about these things called inches!
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah that’s true.
That’s because you’re working in base 10. That person wants to covert to base 12.
In which case teaching kids to count becomes more difficult because we have ten fingers
Unless you use your thumb to point to the phalanges of each finger.
Ok that’s me convinced. I’m on board train dozenal!
Since we can count to “10” (12) on one hand, we can use the other hand to count sets of “10”, bringing us up to “100” (144). With decimal, we’re stuck at 20, and that’s only if we’re wearing sandals.
Wait till you hear about these things called inches!
Yeah that’s true.