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Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by mids_hn on Sunday May 09, 2021 @06:37AM (#27094858)
While we're trying to change the status quo in mathematics around the world, let's also all switch to the World Calendar and start using Base 12.
Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by p1mrx on Sunday May 09, 2021 @06:47AM (#27094921)
You could start by calling it base twelve (because 10 would be too confusing.)
Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by lebuffon on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:36AM (#27095802)
Or to really obfuscate called it base 10 (in base 12) :))
Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by Hizonner on Sunday May 09, 2021 @08:32AM (#27095449)
60 is a better base than 12. Even 30 would be better.

And we should drop the stupid Earth-centric metric system and go to some kind of Planck units.

Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by p1mrx on Sunday May 09, 2021 @04:10PM (#27099297)
Base sixty would be much worse for humans. There are too many digits to memorize, and the multiplication table is enormous. It does give you a factor of 5, but 5 is only so common because we use base ten.

Base twelve is better than thirty because you can represent 1/4 (0.3) and 3/4 (0.9) with a single digit.

Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by dTal on Monday May 10, 2021 @07:03AM (#27104628)
We do, for physics. Very often c is treated as 1. The "meter" is really just a conveniently human-scaled unit, equivalent to the "degree" in trigonometry.
Re:No, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by dvfjsdhgfv on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:09AM (#27096018)
> 60 is a better base than 12.

And it proved itself useful on this Earth for probably longer than the decimal system.