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Comment by adamnemecek | Hacker News Reader

Babylonian number system was based on 60 (which is why we have 60 minutes in an hour and 360 degrees). 60 is dope because it has divisors 2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30 which is a lot of divisors.

Bee tee dubs Babylonians were like way ahead of their time math-wise. They were aware of Fourier for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_mathematics

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Bonus points for combining "dope" with mathematics.

couldn't resist:

there are people who make a whole living doing that :V

But quickly negated by "bee tee dubs" which is a cryptic mannerism that is actually longer than its original ("by the way" via btw). It's like whiskey tango foxtrot, just without the cool spoken alphabet.

In reply to ad-hominem's dead comment: word.

60 is a preferred number for many card game decks as it works for 2, 3, 4, 5 And 6 players. 52 has difficulty with even deals for 3, 5, and 6 players.

this assumes the entire deck being dealt, which is really rare

But is that rarity cause or effect?

Bridge, Hearts, Pinochle, Spades, BS/Cheat, and President off the top of my head all deal the full deck. The first four tend to be played only with 4 players because it's an even deal, which is too bad

You can throw away the As or Ks to get a lovely (2^4 * 3)-card deck.

Or make a piquet deck like for 500 or Euchre.

But it works great for 13 players, so there's that.

Fourier analysis, not Fourier the guy. :P

Knowing about Fourier the guy would have been double dope.

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