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[โ€“] frezik@midwest.social 32 points 11 months ago (25 children)

The metric system should be redone in base 12, and RPN should be the norm for teaching arithmetic.

[โ€“] YouAreLiterallyAnNPC@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Base 16 is superior and once you learn binary math, easier to divide and multiply.

Good points, 12 seems to be superior and I've changed my opinion.

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