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-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-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-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareginaria64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoWe have 10 fingers and the ancient Babylonians liked the number 60.
We have 10 fingers and the ancient Babylonians liked the number 60.