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[–] kvn@midwest.social 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Another benefit of base 12 is that you can count to 12 easily with one hand by using your thumb to count each of the 3 segments on your 4 fingers.

I learned that on that other website prior to the great migration and it blew my mind then.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pros scale that up to base 60 by counting to 12 and using the other hand to count how many times they have counted to 12.

[–] sxan@midwest.social -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thems rookie numbers. You can get to 144 using the twelve segments on each hand.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

God tier is throwing your toes into the mix.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tries it

Whoa. Dude that's super useful.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm trying to think of a situation where I need to count to 12 on one hand 🤔

This would be useful if I was used to counting with base 12.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

When ordering twelve beers

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Wait until you find out that binary counting allows you to count to 31 with one hand.

[–] mlfh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That is so cool! Thanks for the tip