UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right?

Re:UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right? by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:51PM (#17184393)

> Probably not. This explanation of duodecimal is really farfetched and I’m pretty sure it arose from someone staring at their hands desperately trying to come up with a way to count 12 on their fingers to explain this.

You are mistaken. Finger counting by using your thumb against one of the 12 segments of your fingers is common in many asian cultures. It's utterly simple and immensely practical as it allows you to count up to 144 with both hands.

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Re:UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right? by dpark on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:48PM (#17184909)

That is an interesting fact I wasn't aware of. I have doubts about the actual relevance of this, though. e.g. Chinese seems (so far as I can tell) to have always used decimal numbering systems, making this essentially a clever counting trick.

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Re:UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right? by jasonwatkinspdx on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:06AM (#17194752)

"I had no idea this thing even existed but let me continue to tell you why it's inferior"

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Re:UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right? by dpark on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:48PM (#17197826)

I didn’t say it’s “inferior”. I said it’s not the foundation of their numbering system because their numbering system is not duodecimal.

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