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Base-60 for everyday life would be nuts; you really think it would be more convenient to have 60 independent digit symbols?

There's an argument for 12 for sure, but I still think having a power of 2 would be more beneficial than having the extra factors. 8 would give you the same number of integer factors as 10, plus all the benefits of being a power of 2.






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