Einar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timemetric-time.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.eehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timemetric-time.comEinar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.eehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareLordGimp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAncient central Americans used a base 12 number system and counted on their fingers using finger segments (3 per finger, 4 fingers, 12 segments). Makes fractions way more intuitive
Ancient central Americans used a base 12 number system and counted on their fingers using finger segments (3 per finger, 4 fingers, 12 segments). Makes fractions way more intuitive