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		knz on Oct 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over ... Yes, but base 10 is the common language we use today. And mm to m, is a lot easier than in to ft...

recursive on Oct 7, 2016 [–]

In base 10 that's all true. The comment you replied to proposed using base 12 instead. If your arguments are based on the assumption that we can only use base 10, then you can't really make an argument against base 12. It seems your arguments are constructed on the assumptions that contradict the proposal.

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