Re:What's that pressure again? (Score 1)

Seriously, base 12 is very practical because it has more factors than 10. 2,3,4, and 6 vs 2 and 5. We really should be using a base 12 decimal system rather base 10.

So why not go with something like base 144 where you have even more factors than 12? This line of reasoning can be continued ad infinitum. Frankly I think 10 is fine, it's just a cut off where you get lots of factors and you don't have to memorize some obscene number of factors

you can't remember four factors? how obscene!?. Sure there's a diminishing return, but 12 is a hell of a lot better to work with than 10, being only marginally more difficult, but having twice as many factors to work with. anyone who thinks that '10 is fine' either doesn't understand (which it seems you do) or is deluded. from a practical standpoint changing bases in common usage at this point is near on impossible, but from a theory standpoint, 12 is much better.