a better way to count

jan Misali · 1.5M views · 2018-04-16 · 18:01

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Overview

jan Misali presents an humorous but earnest case for counting in base 6 (seximal) instead of base 10 or 12, comparing the arithmetic advantages of each.

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HN points to it as a funny, convincing take on number bases whenever dozenal or base 6 comes up.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2025

Topics

Recreational & visual math Pure mathematics

What people said

jodrellblank · 2020-09 · Strong recommendation
Time to link the ConLang Critic's video "A better way to count" where he compares decimal and dozenal (base12) with seximal (base6) and base 6 wins. [VIDEO] One of the best videos of number-base related comedy.
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ar-nelson · 2020-05 · Strong recommendation
This video convinced me that base 6 would be even better for simple pen-and-paper math, as well as just about everything else: [VIDEO]
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cjhveal · 2021-04 · Recommendation
One of my favorite language Youtubers, jan Misali, has an interesting video on Dozenal and "Seximal" (base 6) number systems. [VIDEO]
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