Why is the duodecimal system so great?

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Why is the duodecimal system so great? 2016-10-23 20:54:26 Post No. 8432833
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Why is the duodecimal system so great? Anonymous 2016-10-23 20:54:26 Post No. 8432833 [Report]

I like dividing by 3s and 4s. When will humans get their shit together.

Anonymous 2016-10-23 20:57:22 Post No.8432841
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 20:57:22 Post No.8432841 [Report]

>>8432833
>4s
>base with repeated prime powers

Absolutely disgusting.

Base 30 is best base.

Anonymous 2016-10-23 20:57:44 Post No.8432843
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 20:57:44 Post No.8432843 [Report]

>>8432833
because base 60 is better

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:00:04 Post No.8432846
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:00:04 Post No.8432846 [Report]

>>8432841
>>8432843
12 is manageable enough to make sense in everyday life. you want 30, 60 unique digits?

nah a base 12 system will allow us to discover the undiscoverable in this universe.

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:11:04 Post No.8432863
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:11:04 Post No.8432863 [Report]

>not base 2

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:12:49 Post No.8432869
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:12:49 Post No.8432869 [Report]

>>8432863
>having to increase the power every other unit

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:18:23 Post No.8432877
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:18:23 Post No.8432877 [Report]

>>8432869
truly the most elegant system

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:27:35 Post No.8432899
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:27:35 Post No.8432899 [Report]

>>8432846
Babylonians did it, so why not?

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:31:01 Post No.8432906
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:31:01 Post No.8432906 [Report]

>>8432899
what did they ever do?

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:35:42 Post No.8432921
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:35:42 Post No.8432921 [Report]

>>8432846
base 60 is basically base 12 anyway

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:36:11 Post No.8432923
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:36:11 Post No.8432923 [Report]

>>8432906
>not sure if meming or asking seriously

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:37:43 Post No.8432927
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:37:43 Post No.8432927 [Report]

>>8432846
Having 26 unique letters doesn't bother too many people.

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:38:46 Post No.8432931
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:38:46 Post No.8432931 [Report]

>>8432923
should i know?

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:39:53 Post No.8432937
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:39:53 Post No.8432937 [Report]

>>8432927
you don't multiply letters. A multiplication table that big would not be conducive to teaching

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:42:16 Post No.8432944
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:42:16 Post No.8432944 [Report]

>>8432833
Base pi or e or GTFO

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:47:24 Post No.8432957
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:47:24 Post No.8432957 [Report]

>>8432944
If you cut your fingers at random, what are the chances you'd get a system based around a meaningful constant?

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:48:44 Post No.8432962
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:48:44 Post No.8432962 [Report]

>>8432957
it either happens or it doesn't

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:49:37 Post No.8432964
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:49:37 Post No.8432964 [Report]

>>8432957
Infinite. Especially pi

Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:50:05 Post No.8432968
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 21:50:05 Post No.8432968 [Report]

The system is arguably objectively better than base 10 because of the higher number of factors that 12 has compared to 10, making it much easier to do everyday arithmetic.

Of course, converting the entire Western-influenced world from 1 base to another isn't happening anytime soon, so base 10's here to stay.

Anonymous 2016-10-23 22:44:11 Post No.8433086
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 22:44:11 Post No.8433086 [Report]

>>8432968
What's so special about base 12?
>better than base 10 because of the higher number of factors that 12 has compared to 10
Literally what are you smoking? Base 10 has way more factors. Basically base 12 is just two times seven

Anonymous 2016-10-23 22:46:27 Post No.8433092
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 22:46:27 Post No.8433092 [Report]

Other than base 10, which is for boring normies, there are only two other bases that matter:

Base 2
Base 16

All others are a waste of time.

Anonymous 2016-10-23 22:49:50 Post No.8433098
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 22:49:50 Post No.8433098 [Report]

>>8433092
fuck you all and your non-unary base systems.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Anonymous 2016-10-23 23:09:09 Post No.8433132
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 23:09:09 Post No.8433132 [Report]

>>8432833
counting to 24 with my hands has never been this easy. thank you base 12!

Anonymous 2016-10-23 23:45:52 Post No.8433214
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Anonymous 2016-10-23 23:45:52 Post No.8433214 [Report]

>>8433098
There is only base 1 all other base belong to us

Anonymous 2016-10-24 15:38:52 Post No.8434395
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>>8432846
>discover the undiscoverable
yup, sometimes you use fingers

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