@daedalus@glyph metric system's practicality hinges on the ubiquity of base-10 math, and that's entirely because Pythagoras thought there was something hand-wavy significant about how if you draw a little pile of dots four layers deep, that's 10 dots! Woah! :mastoface_with_rolling_eyes:
Travis FWtravisfw@beige.partyOct 16, 2026, 9:02 PM