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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up116·21 hours agoFYI a normal human can count to 31 on one hand using binary.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 minutes agoAkshully, they would be counting to 11,111. That’s nearly 100,000!
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 hours agoFYI anyone counting in binary on their hand(s) is decidedly not a normal human.
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·20 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-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 minutes agoChina? The 0 to 9 single handed gestures are used for a lot outside of that. Like divers use that, all kinds of trades, and the military.
minus-squarePattyMcB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·20 hours agoI have a well-established hand gesture for 1!
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoYou should see my binary hand gesture for 4!
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoImpressive! In binary with one Hand you cant even count to 5!
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agothat’s why you can’t count that high, with one hand.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 hours agoOr 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·20 hours agoUse ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoUse decimal but with 10 different bend angles per finger.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoA normal person can do it. Only abnormal ones actually do.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-220 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-up2·12 hours agoI work with binary every day or a notation of it, don’t worry
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up11·20 hours ago32 different combinations. 2⁵ = 32.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 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-up11·17 hours agoWhich comment is wrong about the math? If you include 0, then 0 to 31 is 32 different combinations.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoThe OP. It’s 32 not 31. E: fine I misread. Im leaving it up so the downvotes can teach me some humility
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 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.
Akshully, they would be counting to 11,111. That’s nearly 100,000!
FYI anyone counting in binary on their hand(s) is decidedly not a normal human.
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.
China? The 0 to 9 single handed gestures are used for a lot outside of that. Like divers use that, all kinds of trades, and the military.
I have a well-established hand gesture for 1!
You should see my binary hand gesture for 4!
🖕?
Impressive! In binary with one Hand you cant even count to 5!
5! = 120
that’s why you can’t count that high, with one hand.
Or 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
Use ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
Use decimal but with 10 different bend angles per finger.
Define normal
A normal person can do it. Only abnormal ones actually do.
Cool
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.
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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.
E: fine I misread. Im leaving it up so the downvotes can teach me some humility
A five-bit value can contain any number from 0-31. So if you treat your fingers as bits…
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