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[–] 17 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

In all seriousness thank God for the Arabic number system. It would be a nightmare to use Roman numerals for math

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  • [–] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Base-10 is objectively terrible, though. Too many fundamental principles of geometry rely on 1:3 and 1:6 ratios that can't be properly depicted in Base-10.

    If there were a god, they would have given us 6 digits on each hand, inspiring us to develop a base-12 number system.

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