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Re:Turns are better than radians by ararar on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:44PM (#32990088)
Out of curiosity, given a degree/calendar/time system could one localize the culture that created it?
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Re:Turns are better than radians by jacobolus on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:47PM (#32990805)
You can tell that 'gradians' (and 'decimal time') were created by the base-ten-obsessed French revolutionaries who brought us the metric system.
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