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		pessimizer on Sept 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someday aliens will land and all will be fine unti... As most of us have successfully figured out counting, we can move on to measurement systems that are more convenient when dividing.

int_19h on Sept 26, 2022 [–]

We're too invested into decimal at this point - the cost of the migration would be so immense as to dwarf any benefits from suddenly being able to divide by 3 and 4 easily.

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