Can you expand on how arithmetic would "become much easier"? Since computers use base-2 anyway, you're probably referring to human usage of arithmetic, but wouldn't that be harder because you have to remember more atomic primitives (i.e. a larger Einmaleins)?
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Fast mental addition (a combination of hashing and shifting) requires learning more hashes, but they are easy to visualize in a 4x4 matrix. Multiplication and division get easier: you can use sub bases. Bonus: you can visualize vector operations much better.
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Perhaps true... But is base 8 why octopi are the most productive coders on my offshore team?
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I am sure that must be the reason!
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12 has more useful divisors
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That's true, and it is the reason that we use it for dividing circles!
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I feel the use of a duodecimal system would be more intuitive at an elementary level- 12 is evenly divisible by 2,3,4,6. But can’t argue the benefits of a hexadecimal system when encoding binary numbers. As technology grows, perhaps the future is a world of hex numbers.
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A system that is based on powers of two allows much more straightforward subdivisions! And if you want to use base 12 for angular values, the conversion is a rather convenient 3/4, not 6/5.
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