BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoLet it sink in.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down124
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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88arrow-down2·12 hours agoFYI a normal human can count to 31 on one hand using binary.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoOr 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·12 hours agoand China has well established hand gesture for 0-9 on one hand. and even if you don’t know that, it’s quite easy to count to 12 using finger segments.
minus-squarePattyMcB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·12 hours agoI have a well-established hand gesture for 1!
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoImpressive! In binary with one Hand you cant even count to 5!
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·12 hours agoUse ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 hours agoA normal person can do it. Only abnormal ones actually do.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-212 hours agoRather than assigning each finger the same value of 1, assign them values of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. Then there’s some combination of fingers that can represent any value from 0 to 1+2+4+8+16=31. It’s like using digits to count instead of tally marks.
minus-squaredudeface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoI work with binary every day or a notation of it, don’t worry
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 hours ago32 different combinations. 2⁵ = 32.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·10 hours agoIt’s 2026. You can write the top voted nerd joke and still be dead wrong about the math. We’re in the “You’re absolutely right” era now.
minus-squaredoughless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 hours agoWhich comment is wrong about the math? If you include 0, then 0 to 31 is 32 different combinations.
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoA five-bit value can contain any number from 0-31. So if you treat your fingers as bits…
FYI a normal human can count to 31 on one hand using binary.
Or 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
and China has well established hand gesture for 0-9 on one hand.
and even if you don’t know that, it’s quite easy to count to 12 using finger segments.
I have a well-established hand gesture for 1!
Impressive! In binary with one Hand you cant even count to 5!
Use ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
Cool
Define normal
A normal person can do it. Only abnormal ones actually do.
Wait… what
Rather than assigning each finger the same value of 1, assign them values of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. Then there’s some combination of fingers that can represent any value from
0to1+2+4+8+16=31. It’s like using digits to count instead of tally marks.I work with binary every day or a notation of it, don’t worry
32 different combinations.
2⁵ = 32.
It’s 2026. You can write the top voted nerd joke and still be dead wrong about the math. We’re in the “You’re absolutely right” era now.
Which comment is wrong about the math? If you include 0, then 0 to 31 is 32 different combinations.
The OP. It’s 32 not 31.
A five-bit value can contain any number from 0-31. So if you treat your fingers as bits…
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