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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up127arrow-down2·2 days agoFYI a normal human can count to 31 on one hand using binary.
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoFYI anyone counting in binary on their hand(s) is decidedly not a normal human.
minus-squareShitbrains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoNow I had to try it out and I’m very proud of how each finger played along
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoAkshully, they would be counting to 11,111. That’s nearly 100,000!
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·2 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-up26·2 days agoI have a well-established hand gesture for 1!
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoYou should see my binary hand gesture for 4!
minus-squareShitbrains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoI chuckled at 4 (my favorite number!) when I just tried out counting to 31
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoI wish, but I don’t get it. Is holding the thumb up while flipping the bird a British thing?
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoImpressive! In binary with one Hand you cant even count to 5!
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agothat’s why you can’t count that high, with one hand.
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day 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-up2·1 day ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours 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-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoUse ternary. Up, down, half bent. I think that gets you to 242
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoUse decimal but with 10 different bend angles per finger.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour 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-up7·2 days agoOr 14 if you use knuckles in Arabic
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoA normal person can do it. Only abnormal ones actually do.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-22 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-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoI work with binary every day or a notation of it, don’t worry
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days ago32 different combinations. 2⁵ = 32.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·2 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-up12·2 days agoWhich comment is wrong about the math? If you include 0, then 0 to 31 is 32 different combinations.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·edit-21 day 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-up5·2 days 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.
FYI anyone counting in binary on their hand(s) is decidedly not a normal human.
You mean !normal.
Now I had to try it out and I’m very proud of how each finger played along
Akshully, they would be counting to 11,111. That’s nearly 100,000!
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!
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?
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.
🖕?
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
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.
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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