@atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-square51fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.@atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNausiyanlink11•1 year agoYou can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
minus-square@willis936@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoAncient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)
You can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
Ancient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)