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The Duodecimal Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1, Year 1209 [pdf]
https://dozenal.org/drupal/sites_bck/default/files/DuodecimalBulletinIssue551.pdf
#HackerNews #Duodecimal #Bulletin #Vol55 #Year1209 #pdf #Dozenal #Math #History
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@mdione @infobeautiful
TBH my personal preference is to scrap the idiotic decimal number system and move to base twelve. 🙂
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When you design UI, you tend to lean toward the “base 12 is superior in every way!” camp. Yes, even better than base 16.
Why? Because: ½ ⅓ ¼! How often do you need a one-fifth of an icon to do something? But half? A third? Exactly!
(“Dozenal” sounds terrible, though.)
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why does this video feel like it was written specifically for me
the best way to count
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Wow! There is a Dozenal Society of America dedicated to research and education about base 12 calculations. I had no idea. It makes some sense though to make a base that has lots of factors so it is easier to divide. 12 has 1,2,3,4, the four smallest factors. https://dozenal.org/index.html
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Didn't think I'd find any podcasts discussing the #dozenal system of counting (which is one of my pet hobbies) but hey I did!
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I'm in #dozenal limbo, where my brain goes "8, 9, X, E 10" but around 15 I'll get confused whether I'm at fifteen or one dozen and five.
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I've spent too much time practicing #dozenal and now I can't count properly in decimal anymore.
Why am I like this?
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TL;DR: #decimal is a fine system for people who need to multiply/divide by:
- 2
- 5
- 10But #dozenal (AKA #duodecimal) is better for folks who multiply/divide by:
- 2
- 3
- 4
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- 12Basically #dozenalism is the idea that *generally* math would be a hell of a lot simpler if our number base had more (useful) factors, which we can practice by using 12 instead of 10 wherever it's practical.
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