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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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TL;DR: #decimal is a fine system for people who need to multiply/divide by:
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- 10But #dozenal (AKA #duodecimal) is better for folks who multiply/divide by:
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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.