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		otabdeveloper4 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes 360 is base 60. (6*60) Like minutes and seconds. The 12 hours in a day and the 12 months are also 60 / 5. This all connects to ancient Mesopotamia somehow.

bregma 5 months ago [–]

> 12 hours in a day

I guess, for a sufficiently large value of 12.

otabdeveloper4 5 months ago | [–]

Yes, the original day was 12 hours. (Hence the legacy of "AM" and "PM" that some countries still use.)

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