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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

12 divides nicer and evener than 10. If only evolution had given us two extra fingers we'd use base twelve numbers and everything would be better.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Some cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin