BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoLet it sink in.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1749
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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-22 months 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-up2·2 months agoI work with binary every day or a notation of it, don’t worry
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