Numeral Systems

For ease of computation, base 2 works best. That's why nearly every digital computer uses it.

For niftyness, base ten is pretty dope.

For those who subscribe to contrarianism, i would recomend base 0.

>>8468803
Personally I think the Arabic systems is quite nice, mostly because it integrates well with everything else we do. The meaning of 9(2) is immediately distinguishable from 92.

The Chinese pronounce numbers interestingly. Ten is Shi, one is Yi, eleven is Shiyi. Then new words come up for each new place. So there's a word for 10, 100, 1000, 10000, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_economy

tl;dr: base 3

Base 12

>>8468803
What a... a... a... RETARDED QUESTION YOU IDIOT MONKEY.

Base i is objectively the best

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>>8469711
This. Dozenal/ Duodecimal system is clearly superior to decimal.

For example, division in dozenal is a very simple affair due to its high number of factors in comparison to 10.

i.e
12's factors are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
10's factors are 1, 2, 5, 10
This means if you want to divide by 4, 3, 6 etc it is simpler than having a recurring number like decimal, for example 10/3=3.333... 12/3=4.
Nice whole numbers will make it easier for children to learn maths and for people to do simple everyday transactions and arithmetic.
There are a number of other reasons to introduce dozenal at least into Unicode.

>>8469743
because decimals are so complicated?

Objectively for normal life the best base is whatever one you're used to - it's all the same.
Obviously it's different if you're CS, which is a pretty specific application.

>>8469743
>base 12
>not base 360

lol

>>8471071
It's not all the same, getting used to a base 12 system would make things much easier

>>8471191
yiu would have to learn an extended multiplication table

>>8471191
Okay tell me what, in normal life, it would make easier.

It certainly only matters for quantitative mental calculations, if anything, which means it doesn't matter for any scientific reason.
Mental arithmetic on a day-to-day basis is easy enough that I can't say I care much if it's base 10 or base 12 - it's going to be easier in the base you're used to.