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[Organizized]

I only wish that my countrymen had had the balls to keep our counting system (and an old school English billion makes far more sense, is neater, and far more beautiful, than the currently accepted 10^9)

The old style was a billion = a million million, right? And a trillion = a million million million?

We Swedes (and possibly other European countries, idk) still have that system today.

Which obviously makes it confusing when you’re just learning English and suddenly what we call a “miljard” (a thousand million) is called a billion, and a “biljon” (a million million) is called a trillion, etc etc.

 

[Copy Panda]

Yee we have that too Orgz, miljard en biljard

 

[z.5]

The old style was a billion = a million million, right? And a trillion = a million million million?

We Swedes (and possibly other European countries, idk) still have that system today.

Which obviously makes it confusing when you’re just learning English and suddenly what we call a “miljard” (a thousand million) is called a billion, and a “biljon” (a million million) is called a trillion, etc etc.

Yeah, I know [and love] the words milliard and billiard - awesome words, much better. We were winning with words like those. We aren't winning any more...

Perhaps it would be possible to go back to the old British counting system - along with our blue passports
#Brexit
#makecountinggreatagain

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2018, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2018 ---

I'd prefer the world at large to work with the metric system, just because it's convenient

I'd prefer the world switched to base 12.

Much more convenient - a far better system.

 

[Copy Panda]

billion doesn't sound bad either,

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2018, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2018 ---

base 12? what?? D:

 

[GrySun]

•  1⁄4=0,312
•  1⁄3=0,412
•  1⁄2=0,612
•  2⁄3=0,812
•  3⁄4=0,912

vs

• 1⁄4=0,25
•  1⁄3=0,33333…
•  1⁄2=0,5
•  2⁄3=0,66666…
•  3⁄4=0,75

 

[Copy Panda]

its less clean smh

 

[z.5]

base 12? what?? D:

Rather than 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 [10 symbols 0 - 9 which 'cycle' on the tens]

Instead 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 20 [12 symbols 0 - B, which 'cycle' on the twelves]

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2018, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2018 ---

its less clean smh

It's far more clean

1/3rd in decimal is 0.33333333333333333333333333333333 (recurring for ever)
1/3rd in duodecimal is 0.4

 

[Copy Panda]

See the issue is that even this basic explanation involves letters

 

[z.5]

See the issue is that even this basic explanation involves letters

An issue?

 

[Hardy]

In argentina we do use a billion as a million million.

 

[z.5]

In argentina we do use a billion as a million million.

And I imagine that there are far fewer billionaires in Argentina than in the US [OMF] A

 

[gnut]

Rather than 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 [10 symbols 0 - 9 which 'cycle' on the tens]

Instead 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 20 [12 symbols 0 - B, which 'cycle' on the twelves]

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2018, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2018 ---

It's far more clean

1/3rd in decimal is 0.33333333333333333333333333333333 (recurring for ever)
1/3rd in duodecimal is 0.4

 

[Copy Panda]

An issue?

When convincing anyone to use it, yes

 

[z.5]

When convincing anyone to use it, yes

It's too late for us - we are already constrained under the ghastly and restricting yoke of the inferior decimal system...

... it's the next generation who could potentially benefit from its beautiful simplicity and power - as you could start by teaching them base 12, rather than base 10.

It won't happen, but if it did (for sequential generations), then base 10 might look just as odd to that generation as base 12 does to ours (and they'd probably wonder why us primitives didn't switch sooner).

 

[GrySun]

Zimb isn‘t wrong, but I don‘t see them changing it for next gen folks anytime soon or ever.

 

[Copy Panda]

Wait so how is it better then

 

[Organizized]

No no no no nooooooo

R.I.P. Aretha

One of those few singers who, when I listen to her, can take me out of any earthly moment and just be “in her voice” at times. The power and soul in her voice has only been paralleled by a handful throughout all of history. One of the single most important voices ever, I dare say.

Man, now I’m kinda depressed.

 

[z.5]

Wait so how is it better then

Easier for simple maths (multiplication and division - fractions especially) - thus easier and more intuitive for young children

Easier for working out times of the day - 12/24 hours

Nature prefers multiples of 3 [especially 6] (12 divides nicely by 3 [and 6], 10 does not)

Can be more easily counted on one hand [digits of your fingers, using thumb to point/keep track of place] - so can count to 24 on 2 hands (or up to 144 if use one hand for units and one for 12's)

To name but a few ways where it is a far better system...

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2018, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2018 ---

One of those few singers who, when I listen to her, can take me out of any earthly moment and just be “in her voice” at times. The power and soul in her voice has only been paralleled by a handful throughout all of history. One of the single most important voices ever, I dare say.

She was an awesome singer

 

[Copy Panda]

Easier for simple maths (multiplication and division - fractions especially) - thus easier and more intuitive for young children

Easier for working out times of the day - 12/24 hours

Nature prefers multiples of 3 [especially 6] (12 divides nicely by 3 [and 6], 10 does not)

Can be more easily counted on one hand [digits of your fingers, using thumb to point/keep track of place] - so can count to 24 on 2 hands (or up to 144 if use one hand for units and one for 12's)

To name but a few ways where it is a far better system...

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2018, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2018 ---

She was an awesome singer

Hm alright I didn't think of that

 

[Adorien]

Whattup boys and girls