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i do wish the miliradian werent so larp. i just think degrees are silly
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i think the fundamental idea of the degree is fine enough in the context it came to be, the problem with that is that we use base10 instead of base60 nowadays
so like the original intention was 60₆₀ subdivisions of the circle which also happens to be 60*6 to mirror the fact that all 6 corners of an equal hexagon fall on the edge of a circle so a modern equivalent would be like.... a mil but rounded down to 6000 instead of up to 6400
so like the original intention was 60₆₀ subdivisions of the circle which also happens to be 60*6 to mirror the fact that all 6 corners of an equal hexagon fall on the edge of a circle so a modern equivalent would be like.... a mil but rounded down to 6000 instead of up to 6400
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@coolbean base 60 and base 12 are nice for a bunch of math which is ig why anything using those stuck around
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@snacks this is true. base 6 is arguably the best of both worlds but its too small for some people which i dont get cause its like by far the best system for hand counting (assuming you have 2 hands at least one of which is 5 fingered, otherwise the award goes to binary instead)
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@snacks like words cannot capture how much rather id use seximal than sextecimal
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