@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agoWhy still using the imperial system?abananaforscale.commessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down118
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•3 months agoBase 12 has factors: 1,2,3,4,6. Dividing by 5 is tricky. Base 10 has factors: 1,2,5. Dividing by 3 is tricky.
minus-squareguyrocketlinkfedilink8•3 months agoI think this is it. The 5 factors instead of 3. I also think there was something to do with fractions of an inch too. Like that divisibility was also an advantage of imperial.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoEven these people who are screeching “decimal for everything!” in the thread still use dozenal for time, months, and cartons of eggs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoMeanwhile I’m bucking trends as an advocate of the dozenal metric system.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoI was going to mention the base number issue but couldn’t be bothered, i had just only woken up
Base 12 has factors: 1,2,3,4,6. Dividing by 5 is tricky.
Base 10 has factors: 1,2,5. Dividing by 3 is tricky.
I think this is it. The 5 factors instead of 3.
I also think there was something to do with fractions of an inch too. Like that divisibility was also an advantage of imperial.
Even these people who are screeching “decimal for everything!” in the thread still use dozenal for time, months, and cartons of eggs.
Meanwhile I’m bucking trends as an advocate of the dozenal metric system.
I was going to mention the base number issue but couldn’t be bothered, i had just only woken up