atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-square28fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNausiyan@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
minus-squarewillis936@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAncient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)
You can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
Ancient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)