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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by reaperducer on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @08:21PM (#36500619)
Yes, even the SI base units.

Shhh! Don't let them know that SI's base ten counting isn't some kind of scientific absolute and is just as arbitrary as inches and feet, and if humans had 11 fingers, SI would be different.

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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @08:26PM (#36500647)
> if humans had 11 fingers

Sometimes, they do.

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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by dllthomas on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:27PM (#36513502)
"Base eight is just like base ten, really, if you're missing two fingers."
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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by philwelch on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:04PM (#36500937)
I think the extreme inconvenience of 11 being a prime number might force people to choose a more sensible base. 10 is usable (barely), being divisible by 2 and 5, but 11 would be ridiculous.
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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by Ekaros on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @05:56AM (#36504377)
Funny thing is that I think SI would work as well in any other counting. The prefixes are just handy way to handle large and small numbers in certain range.
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