atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 年前Why do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-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 · 3 年前message-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 年前Probably due to americans using different units compared to “most” of the world, like miles, feet, inches, fahrenheit and others. Just a meme I guess.
Haha. Why?
Probably due to americans using different units compared to “most” of the world, like miles, feet, inches, fahrenheit and others. Just a meme I guess.