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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because at some point the difficulty increases with regard to the number of symbols to memorize. A balance exists. I surmise it's 12. Only 2 more to memorize than 10 and more ways to halve and double than 10. Easier for mental work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

16 is not hard, we use it for hexadecimal all the time. Could as easily use base 32, if it's a matter of memorizing symbols.

Base 30 would be better overall: divisible by 1, 2, 3, 5, and everyone reading this knows more than 30 basic symbols (0-9,a-z).