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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by jhoechtl on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:01AM (#38148717)
We have 10 fingers. the thumb is a finger too. Better stay with base 10
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by tempestn on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:24PM (#38169220)
My point was that you could imagine an alternate history where people landed on base-8 (which of course would still be called "base-10" in that timeline) because of 8 fingers ignoring thumbs. And that that would have had some advantages. Obviously society isn't going to change now.
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