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> it really isn't simpler with 10 and 100.

Only if you ignore the complexity of teaching a whole population to do arithmetic in a different base.



Not what I said. I said that, sub-dividing days is not really simpler with base 10, and that sub-dividing time is pretty important practical aspect of time-keeping.


Repeating the same thing you said before isn't the best way of clarifying what you mean, but fair enough, I do now understand what you're trying to say.




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