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komputodo says

So base 12 is more logical than base 10? we should calculate money by base 12.

Actually, some math pros say that we should use bas 12 instead of base 10. In the Anglo-Saxon days, one could count up to 12 on the finger sections using the thumb as a marker. Then on the other hand, count the numbers of dozens. When the other hand is full, you have a gross (means "big"). This is why we count up to twelve today without doing 10 as "one-ty," 11 as "one-teen." and 12 as "two-teen." Same with German.

komputodo says

hats a good idea in case our fiat monetary system crashes and we go back to Spanish Doubloons.

I want to go back to tobacco as money. It worked for the Virginis colonists, it will work now. I hear prisons do something similar with cigarettes.

AmericanKulak says

Reason was Spanish Doubloons could be split into 1/8 and counted

Yep, the old "pieces of eight" from the pirate songs. Also, American silver dollars, as in "2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar."

I've often wondered if math would be easier if we used base 12?

10 is divisible by 1,2,5 and 10. 12 is divisible by 1,2,3,4,6, and 12. If we had learned to count in duodecimal instead of decimal math might be easier.

Onvacation says

Robert Sproul says

I think kids that I see waiting for the school bus, or walking down the street by themselves, with a mask on are indoctrinated for life and will be ready to receive instructions and comply with whatever ridiculous tyrannical restrictions they are given in the future.

Sad but true.

We have a lot of that here. I see kids walking from high school, often alone, wearing masks. CA is fubar.

Unlike the scamdemic, the Ukraine propaganda seems to speak to the world view of a lot of patnetters. They've completely forgotten what lying, censoring scumbags all these sources were for the past two years because Red man bad!

NuttBoxer says

Unlike the scamdemic, the Ukraine propaganda seems to speak to the world view of a lot of patnetters. They've completely forgotten what lying, censoring scumbags all these sources were for the past two years because Red man bad!

You got that right.

mell says

You can learn binary and power of 10 and hexadecimal system, good for your brain! Generally power of 10 systems are easier to use and convert but that's about it. But I also agree that it's less natural than using feet or stone etc.

Just like learning a second language instead of saying "english is good enough"...I don't need to learn another language...A bilingual person, speaking Spanish and English, is able to understand 1 from 3 people who connect to the Internet (Internet World Stats, 2019). In addition, he or she can access 60% of everything published on the web (W3Techs, 2019).[FB2].

komputodo says

NuttBoxer says

Unlike the scamdemic, the Ukraine propaganda seems to speak to the world view of a lot of patnetters. They've completely forgotten what lying, censoring scumbags all these sources were for the past two years because Red man bad!

You got that right.

komputodo says

Unlike the scamdemic, the Ukraine propaganda seems to speak to the world view of a lot of patnetters. They've completely forgotten what lying, censoring scumbags all these sources were for the past two years because Red man bad!

red man bad, orange man bad, and yellow man bad....its all a combo of yellow and red