realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down130
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minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·6 months agoThere are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand. Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!
minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·6 months agoBinary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-26 months agoI like the idea of some numbers being popular hand gestures. 4 - Fuck you; 17 - Shaka (hang loose); 18 - Metal horns; 19 - “I love you”; 132 - Double fuck you
minus-squareMuchPineapples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoWith 2 hands you can count to 144.
minus-squarelenuup@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months ago 12*12 on one hand + 12 on the other one
minus-squareKhrux@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoBold of you to assume I’d ever remember this counting technique. Hell I’m shocked I remember counting my fingers for base 10…
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoUse the other hand to count twelves! Each time you fill up one hand, add one to the other. That way you can get all the way to 156, which is probably more than you’d ever want to count one by one anyway
There are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand.
Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!
Binary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers
I like the idea of some numbers being popular hand gestures.
4 - Fuck you; 17 - Shaka (hang loose); 18 - Metal horns; 19 - “I love you”; 132 - Double fuck you
With 2 hands you can count to 144.
Bold of you to assume I’d ever remember this counting technique. Hell I’m shocked I remember counting my fingers for base 10…
Use the other hand to count twelves! Each time you fill up one hand, add one to the other. That way you can get all the way to 156, which is probably more than you’d ever want to count one by one anyway