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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by pessimizer on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:13PM (#32977423)
As most of us have successfully figured out counting, we can move on to measurement systems that are more convenient when dividing.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by int_19h on Monday September 26, 2022 @03:52PM (#32987492)
We're too invested into decimal at this point - the cost of the migration would be so immense as to dwarf any benefits from suddenly being able to divide by 3 and 4 easily.
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