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> I said, “Twelve is the most amazing number, because it can be divided. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 all go into it.” It’s just a richer number to me. Yes, she gets it. It's
by nemo44x 2y ago
> I said, “Twelve is the most amazing number, because it can be divided. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 all go into it.” It’s just a richer number to me.
Yes, she gets it. It's a great number to use for casual human interfaces. Hence the foot being 12 inches. The pound being 16 ounces has similar properties.
- dragonwriter 2y ago> Yes, she gets it. It's a great number to use for casual human interfaces. Hence the foot being 12 inches. The pound being 16 ounces has similar properties. No, it doesn't; 10 is more like 12 in this respect than 16 is. A perfect power of a prime number is about the worst you can get on the “divides by lots of diffferent numbers” dimension other than a prime number itself.
- nemo44x 2y ago1-2-5-10 vs 1-2-4-8-16. Looks like 16 and 12 (1-2-4-6-12) are better than 10. What are you even trying to say?
- zvr 2y agoAdd 5 to the set to reach 60 and you'll get an even "richer" number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal