• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Making me divide by 12: that’s a paddlin’.

    > console.log(`${Math.trunc(74/12)}' ${74 % 12}"`)
    6' 2"
    
    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I never could understand why they made us learn multiplication tables up to twelve. This is why, isn’t it?

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        5 months ago

        We only went up to ten in germany, so yea probably.

        Also my god those things are pointless.

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      5 months ago

      Now if only we used a duodecimal number system. Then I could divide by 2, 3, 4, and 6 while staying within the integers for as long as possible. And someone who is 6’ 2" would just be 6212"