12/06/24

  • AmidFuror
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    155 months ago

    Everyone arguing about date formats, yet no one yelling about a dozen being an outdated measurement because it’s not base 10.

    • ddh
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      185 months ago

      Base twelve gang

      • AmidFuror
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        75 months ago

        All you guys do is complain about how much the price of 10 eggs has gone up.

          • Fonzie!
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            25 months ago

            Oh no, a dozen eggs used to be € 1,09 here, about 9 cent per egg. Now ten eggs are € 2,89, about 29 cent per egg. The world isn’t fair.

      • @neo@lemy.lol
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        55 months ago

        People already have problems comprehending orders of magnitude with base 10. At base 12 things would only be worse.

        If anything we should go binary to better understand the difference between a billion and a million. 🥸

        • @SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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          55 months ago

          I really don’t think the problem with people not understanding large numbers has anything to do with the base. It’s just lots of people not having a good maths education.