a better way to count
3 人推荐 · 跨 4 个月 · 2018–2025

中文导读
jan Misali 幽默而认真地论证了为何应该使用六进制(seximal)而非十进制或十二进制,并深入对比了各进制在算术计算上的优势。
为什么 HN 推它
每当讨论起十二进制或六进制时,HN 社区常推荐此片,视其为关于数制系统兼具趣味与说服力的经典视角。
「这个视频让我确信,对于简单的纸笔算术来说,六进制甚至比十进制更好。」HN 网友原话:This video convinced me that base 6 would be even better for simple pen-and-paper math
英文原摘要(HackerTube / Claude 整理)
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.
HN points to it as a funny, convincing take on number bases whenever dozenal or base 6 comes up.
HN 上的提及
all the rest of the benefits in that (totally serious) video.
This video convinced me that base 6 would be even better for simple pen-and-paper math
One of the best videos of number-base related comedy.
has an interesting video on Dozenal and "Seximal" (base 6) number systems.
Jan Misali in his comedy video on why base 6 is a better way to count than base 12 or base 10