rezashirazianon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Is there any point to the 12 times table?”
I came here for this. I am disappointed it is only the third response. I suggest anyone reading this to also watch this video link to this video
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Base 12 - Numberphile
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James Grime explains the mathematical advantages of the base 12 duodecimal system over the traditional base 10 system.
We mark the date 12/12/12 with a video about the merits of the dozenal/duodecimal system. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Numberphile regular Dr James Grime makes the case. More about James at singingbanana.com/ NUMBERPHILE Website: numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by Brady Haran Patreon: patreon.com/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady's latest videos across all channels: bradyharanblog.com/ Sign up for (occasional) emails: eepurl.com/YdjL9 Numberphile T-Shirts: teespring.com/stores/numberphile Other merchandise: store.dftba.com/collections/numberphileWhy it's here
1 person recommends thisWhat people say. Linked as a classic explanation of why base 12 is mathematically superior to base 10 for everyday arithmetic.
snarfyon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Show HN: A small (less than 2 kb) CSS framework”
This reminds me of the duodecimal system: link to this video Mathematically, 10 is a pretty arbitrary choice to base your number system on. We would have been better off learning base 12 than inventing metric.
Tistronon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Roman Finger Counting”
It's simple enough to Google "etymology eleven" to see that it is a base 10 word. Modern proponents of a dozenal system seem to prefer the words "el" and "doz" for eleven and twelve. I would totally be in for changing, but realistically it'll never happen. Numberphile on the dozenal system: link to this video