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Also vaguely related, I've come to realize some people find metric measurements easier than feet and inches. I find the fractions simpler. Need a half of that

Also vaguely related, I've come to realize some people find metric measurements easier than feet and inches. I find the fractions simpler. Need a half of that half? Just double the denominator. My wife would seemingly rather keep counting .1 centimeters. The same applies with clocks. It's easier for me to rough out how long I have if I just chop the face into fractions vs mental arithmetic, as brutal as that sounds. What do you mean this guy can't divide 30 in half?

BlueTemplar 2y ago
Romans were using both : "metric/decimal" for numbers, but "imperial/dozenal" for fractions : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_abacus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_abacus (Base 12x5=60 was of course used by their Babylonian predecessors.)
dredmorbius 2y ago
If only we were a species with six fingers per hand.