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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You forgot decimal time!

We should stop this nonsense of having 24 hours a day, 60 minutes per hours, 60 seconds per minutes, 1000 ms per seconds.

Instead we switch to switch to decimal time: 10 hours a day, 100 minutes per hours and 100 second per minutes.

[–] flerp@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

12 divides nicer and evener than 10. If only evolution had given us two extra fingers we'd use base twelve numbers and everything would be better.

[–] Robert7301201@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Some cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin

[–] worldsayshi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes! All this plus International Fixed Calendar and then all date issues will be solved forever!

Or until we start going to space for real

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or just switch to using base 12

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Robert7301201@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

12 is a superior highly composite number, which means it's easier to divide without running into fractions or decimals.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, I did not knew the concept

[–] Robert7301201@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

That would require redefining the second or no longer linking the day with the rotation of the Earth.