We need to talk about base 12. I know it's autistic to

it seems fucking pointless.

>base 12
>not based base-16 instead
plebs all of you

>>8533360
so you're saying it dozen't strike you as all that useful?

>>8533401
yes

>>8533360
Agreed base 16 ftw

What's wrong with base 10?

>>8533431
>factors of 16
> 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

>factors of 10
>1, 2, 5, 10

>factors of 12
>1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

12 is the clear choice. it's the lowest superiorly composite factor, and it's also a sublime number

>>8533475
16 = 2^4

Dumbest shit ever. It literally doesn't matter, the people who care about this stuff are retarded kids in compsci who couldn't pass calc one so they moved on to le xd math memes

>>8533486
if we had started in base 12 and i came and tried to get you to use base 10 you'd laugh in my face because base 10 is not as good

>>8533492
No I never said it wasn't good enough. I mean there's no reason to change.

Just never going to happen. Why bother with this thread.

>>8533051
I switched years ago. Best decision of my life. I can arithmetic so fast now, and normies think I'm a god.

I also use the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Layout. Maybe that's something?

>>8533051
>Using numbers
Honestly, I'm just waiting for the day we get rid of numbers all together and go back to using a simple compass for our math.

>>8533440
Nothing, but 12 has more dividers, so certain things become a bit easier (like 1/3=0.4 instead of 0.3333...)

>>8533632
> that's not how decimals work

0.4 is 40% of 1
0.33 is 33% of 1

>>8533632
So the only reason is easier fractions? How much big of a deal is it?

>>8533650
It changes with different bases fucktard

>>8533665
I have found a base converter and it says 1/3 in base twelve is equal to 0.3BBB... it doesn't seem to help. What am I missing?

>>8533654
There are probably other things, but I think that's the main reason. It's mostly so that it's easier for children to learn fractions and for people to do common fractions in the head easier, but that's based on the whole
>You're not gonna have a calculator on you everywhere you Go
thing

>>8533665
No it doesn't

0.001" is one, one thousands of an inch is 1/1000 or 0.001 which is 0.001%

Decimals are a product of metricfication

>>8533480
>This matters

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>>8533671

Why can't we use base Grahams number?

That would mean 10 eggs in a carton

Base 7 masterbase!

>>8533394
>can't divide by 6
>can't divide by 7
>can't divide by 5
>can't divide by 3
fuck off
for real, we need to use base 1680. Divisible by every number up to 8.

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

>…A base with a lower average radix economy is therefore, in some senses, more efficient than a base with a higher average radix economy.

>…Since 2 / ln(2) ≈ 2.89 and 3 / ln(3) ≈ 2.73, it follows that 3 is the integer base with the lowest average radix economy.

Some Q-Computers might already using it but soon everything will be Ternary, because reality is as well.

How did 1/3 turn into 4/10?

>>8533051
Based base 2

Base 7 is best
prove me wrong
oh wait you can't don't bother trying

>>8534099
>>8534099
>>8534099

>>8534099
>because reality is as well

I know the dude who wrote this won't read it, but someone explain this to me.

>>8533621
Lmao faggot