• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Cont on finger sections or knuckles, like some cultures do. Gives you 12 on one hand, using the thumb to count.

    Or 16 if you choose your reference points right.

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      1 month ago

      But we still have a number system where 10 is the sum of 5+5.

      I want a number system where 10 is the sum of 6+6, and 12 is the sum of 7+7. A number system with two more single-digit numbers: one representing the sum of 6 and 4 as a single digit; and another representing the sum of 6 and 5. A system where 10*10 is 100, and 100 is the product of 6 * 2 * 6 * 2. A number system where 10 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.

      A metric system developed from that number system would be stunningly gorgeous.