> 12 hours in a day I guess, for a sufficiently large value of 12. | Hacker News

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		bregma 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes > 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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