Re: Metric time
365.25 ishish to be nitty about such stuff.
But you're probably right. It's not like we can accelerate the rotation speeds and add/subtract mass from this planet. I'm sure it takes a ridiculous amount to effort to induce changes though. Perfectly happy walking on the ball as it is.
There's a civilization, vanished quite awhile back, that had a base-48 system, if I recall correctly. Can never remember which one. Babylonian?
Who needs watches and clocks when you've got a built-in sundial on your face?
In jest, don't mind the soft sarcasm. (It's a neat idea tho.)
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