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		nyrikki on Oct 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Metric Time Pretty light on details, but if it works for you that is great. Quartiles and hand counting would be my argument for 12 but am probably biased based on familiarity.

xigoi on Oct 12, 2023 [–]

Seximal is actually great for hand counting. You can use fingers the classical way for one digit per hand or base 6² compression for two digits per hand, allowing you to count up to 1296 with two hands.

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