Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013)

Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by mysterydip on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @05:49AM (#20163089)

Part of me wishes the majority were born with 12 digits on our hands instead of 10, so base 12 would've been the norm and everything would have the divisibility benefits mentioned

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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by Anarch157a on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:13AM (#20163716)

You can do base6 (which is almost as good) with your fingers. Use one hand for units, the other for tens, this way, you can count to 50b6, which is 35 in base10.

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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by 116 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:14AM (#20163409)

Good thing you have 12 phalanxes and a thumb to point at them. That way you can count to 12. It's uncommon but doable.

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