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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (10 children)

12, 24, and 60 are highly composite numbers and easily divisible by more numbers than 10. Also, if you are doing that, go ahead and redefine degrees in a circle and all that jazz too. Go ahead.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

There has been a "metric" measurement of angles for a long time. The radian. It's pi based instead of 10 based, but it makes way more sense than degrees.

[–] Shenanigore@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, it really does. Degrees are arbitrary, radians are derived from the unit circle.

[–] Shenanigore@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The unit circle is hardly arbitrary.

[–] Shenanigore@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If everything is arbitrary, nothing is arbitrary.

[–] Shenanigore@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you even know what arbitrary means?

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Surely its meaning is arbitrary.

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