#duodecimal — Public Fediverse posts

@Doctor_Roo
We changed the wrong thing.
Instead of changing our money from sensible base-twelve and twenty to stupid base-ten we should have changed our entire number system to base-twelve (or sixty) and waited for the rest of the world to catch up. :-)
(The original 50p coins were great though.)
#Duodecimal #money #maths #NewMoney #OldMoney #NumberBase

@Doctor_Roo
We changed the wrong thing.
Instead of changing our money from sensible base-twelve and twenty to stupid base-ten we should have changed our entire number system to base-twelve (or sixty) and waited for the rest of the world to catch up. :-)
(The original 50p coins were great though.)
#Duodecimal #money #maths #NewMoney #OldMoney #NumberBase

@Doctor_Roo
We changed the wrong thing.
Instead of changing our money from sensible base-twelve and twenty to stupid base-ten we should have changed our entire number system to base-twelve (or sixty) and waited for the rest of the world to catch up. :-)
(The original 50p coins were great though.)
#Duodecimal #money #maths #NewMoney #OldMoney #NumberBase

@Doctor_Roo
We changed the wrong thing.
Instead of changing our money from sensible base-twelve and twenty to stupid base-ten we should have changed our entire number system to base-twelve (or sixty) and waited for the rest of the world to catch up. :-)
(The original 50p coins were great though.)
#Duodecimal #money #maths #NewMoney #OldMoney #NumberBase

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

This is from the Font "Tengwar Grotesk" that I am developing and designing.

This is Tolkien's Elvish (tengwar) numeral system.

I find the use of many dots rather ugly. I do not see any easy solution.
The dots of the duodecimal system are set on different line making the eye go up and down.

Using the dots is best left to only when absolutely necessary and instead add the lines over or under the number looks better, in my view.

What do you think? Any advice?

#tolkien #tengwar #duodecimal

It would be nice if I could get 100 followers before arriving in Amsterdam by mid-July. 😎 👍

Duodecimal Elvish Math Numbers.
They look way cooler than the actual:

U+218A ↊
U+218B ↋

don't you agree?

#tolkien #duodecimal

I reworked the glyph for 11 in duodecimal trying to make it looking less like a Tengwa (letter) and more like a 'number' (abstract).

Comments welcome. I am still learning! 🤓

#tolkien #tengwar #elvishtypography #duodecimal

My work on the typography of the Tengwar.

Not only did Tolkien imagine the Elvish letters, punctuation, and various symbols, abbreviations, but also all the numbers and even more, since he decided that the Elves (and Dwarves) used also the duodecimal system.

In the center, the number 12 (10) in duodecimal. And below, Tolkien's text explaining it.
This is my first attempt; I'm not entirely satisfied.

#tolkien #tengwar #duodecimal

@mdione @infobeautiful
TBH my personal preference is to scrap the idiotic decimal number system and move to base twelve. 🙂
#maths #number #duodecimal #dozenal

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.)

#duodecimal #base12 #dozenal

Why is it that we have so many #counting concepts up to 12 or 60 like hours/minutes/12 pence in a shilling?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin gives a speculatively explanation: it's based on a different way of using our fingers to count.

One thumb is an indicator that goes through all the 12 knuckle bones of the four larger fingers.

The other hand uses all 5 #fingers to count the number of dozens which enables you to count up to 60.

Seems a reasonable explanation to me.

#Duodecimal #time #dozen

@jschauma

Seems like a similar balance in proportion. The second (time in general) is not formally metric.

We have a base 10 hindu-arabic number system from a series of historical chances, not by design or competition. A base 12 sys would arguably be better in most, if not every way (for example).

Also, it might have been better to wait until we have working (explanatory) theories that do not contradict each other to finalize some of these standards because the errors are now embedded into the system & prevent alternative models from even being considered (for egos & profit margins, etc).

#Duodecimal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal

It's a beautiful day to be angry about base10! #duodecimal

Don't proselytize? That's like telling me not to suck air or cuss, who the hell do you think you're talking to? #duodecimal

Reject tradition, embrace utility! #base12 #duodecimal

I'll always be as pissed off about decimal as I am about imperial units. #duodecimal

Can someone calculate
(e ^ π) - π
in #duodecimal for me? 😇

#base12 #docenal

The Seven-Segment Display That’s Also an Input Device - We’re used to seeing all manner of seven-segment displays, be they mechanical, ele... - https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/the-seven-segment-display-thats-also-an-input-device/ #sevensegment #hexadecimal #duodecimal #halleffect #mischacks #7segment #74hc165 #arduino #as3144

The Seven-Segment Display That’s Also an Input Device - We’re used to seeing all manner of seven-segment displays, be they mechanical, ele... - https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/the-seven-segment-display-thats-also-an-input-device/ #sevensegment #hexadecimal #duodecimal #halleffect #mischacks #7segment #74hc165 #arduino #as3144

The Seven-Segment Display That’s Also an Input Device

https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/the-seven-segment-display-thats-also-an-input-device/

#sevensegment #hexadecimal #duodecimal #halleffect #MiscHacks #7segment #74hc165 #arduino #AS3144

@christianbundy As a Dewey, I've always been a strong proponent of the #duodecimal system.

TL;DR: #decimal is a fine system for people who need to multiply/divide by:

- 2
- 5
- 10

But #dozenal (AKA #duodecimal) is better for folks who multiply/divide by:

- 2
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 12

Basically #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.