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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up133·10 days agoFYI a normal human can count to 31 on one hand using binary.
minus-squareZarobi@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoYou can count to 14 with just the segments of one hand which makes my head hurt less than bit flags
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·10 days 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-up27·10 days agoI have a well-established hand gesture for 1!
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 days agoImpressive! In binary with one Hand you cant even count to 5!
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agothat’s why you can’t count that high, with one hand.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoYou should see my binary hand gesture for 4!
minus-squareShitbrains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoI chuckled at 4 (my favorite number!) when I just tried out counting to 31
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoI wish, but I don’t get it. Is holding the thumb up while flipping the bird a British thing?
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days 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-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoAh, I guess that’s one specific method. Several have existed across many cultures and professions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger-counting?wprov=sfla1
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·9 days agoFYI anyone counting in binary on their hand(s) is decidedly not a normal human.
minus-squareShitbrains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoNow I had to try it out and I’m very proud of how each finger played along
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 days agoUse ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agoUse decimal but with 10 different bend angles per finger.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoUse a 0-255 range to represent the amount of rotation for each finger knuckle and you get up to like 2⁹⁶.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agoOr 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agoA normal person can do it. Only abnormal ones actually do.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-210 days 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-up2·9 days agoI work with binary every day or a notation of it, don’t worry
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 days ago32 different combinations. 2⁵ = 32.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days 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-up13·10 days 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-29 days 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-up5·10 days agoA five-bit value can contain any number from 0-31. So if you treat your fingers as bits…
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoAkshully, they would be counting to 11,111. That’s nearly 100,000!
FYI a normal human can count to 31 on one hand using binary.
You can count to 14 with just the segments of one hand which makes my head hurt less than bit flags
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!
5! = 120
that’s why you can’t count that high, with one hand.
You should see my binary hand gesture for 4!
I chuckled at 4 (my favorite number!) when I just tried out counting to 31
5 is pretty funny too
I found the brit
I wish, but I don’t get it. Is holding the thumb up while flipping the bird a British thing?
🖕?
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.
?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures
Ah, I guess that’s one specific method. Several have existed across many cultures and professions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger-counting?wprov=sfla1
FYI anyone counting in binary on their hand(s) is decidedly not a normal human.
Now I had to try it out and I’m very proud of how each finger played along
You mean !normal.
Use ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
Use decimal but with 10 different bend angles per finger.
Use a 0-255 range to represent the amount of rotation for each finger knuckle and you get up to like 2⁹⁶.
Or 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
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.
E: fine I misread. Im leaving it up so the downvotes can teach me some humility
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A five-bit value can contain any number from 0-31. So if you treat your fingers as bits…
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Akshully, they would be counting to 11,111. That’s nearly 100,000!
Cool