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[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

You're so close to getting it - why is it not a fraction of 10, but a fraction of 100?

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Because base 60 was too useful for a bunch of French fuckwits couple hundred years ago

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

So we use fractions of 100 instead of fractions of 10 because base 60 was too useful? How does that make any sense? The question wasn't why we use base 100 instead of base 60.

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Not really knowledgeable bout history either, are you?

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Not really able to lead a conversation without non-sequiturs, are you?

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

It's not a non sequitur. You'd know that if you ever read a book.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

No, it's a full-on non-sequitur. As I said, the question wasn't why we use fractions of 100 instead of fractions of 60, but why we use fractions of 100 instead of fractions of 10. What you're saying doesn't relate at all to my question.

But I'm done here, you're either arguing in incredibly bad faith, or you're not capable of understanding my questions. Either isn't something I'll spend more time on.

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Just cause you don't understand doesn't make it a non-sequitur

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