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Metric Time Clock
  • corroded@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    As someone who has written a ridiculous amount of code that deals with date and time, I support this 100%.

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
    1·
    2 years ago

    Both 12 and 60 are superior highly composite numbers[1] which makes mental math easy. 60 in particular is a very nice number because it has 12 divisors and is the smallest number divisible by all the numbers 1 through 6.

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      • LordGimp@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 years ago

        Nah. Just start counting on your fingers. 123 on the index, 456 on the middle, 789 on the ring, and the rest on your pinkie. Its based on the segments of each finger, and it’s how Mayans used to count.

      • SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        2 years ago

        I mean, you already have 12 phalanges on one hand (3 each, from 4 fingers) and you can use your thumb as an indicator.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Neat but holy good fucking god the amount of programming it would take if it was ever decided to change this going forward, not to mention how historical times would be referenced. Datetime programming is already such a nightmare.