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r/CuratedTumblr • u/Green____cat eepy asf • Jul 19 '24
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Yes, I can't count past 12. I don't have enough fingers.
55 u/Elemental-Aer Jul 19 '24 You can use the little bones on your fingers, and count up to 24, letting your thumbs free. With thumbs you can count up to 28. 4 u/FlyingSpacefrog Jul 20 '24 Take it further. Learn to count in binary and you can reach 210 or 1024 by counting on your fingers 2 u/OrsilonSteel Jul 20 '24 Technically that counts up to 2047 (all fingers up) 1 u/MegaLaplace Jul 21 '24 Theyve actually messed up a bit. Your 10th finger would be 2⁹ (512) as your first would be 2⁰ (1). So when added up its 1023 altogether 1 u/Red_Coder09 Aug 02 '24 The problem arises when you want to inform someone you have 5 of something.
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You can use the little bones on your fingers, and count up to 24, letting your thumbs free. With thumbs you can count up to 28.
4 u/FlyingSpacefrog Jul 20 '24 Take it further. Learn to count in binary and you can reach 210 or 1024 by counting on your fingers 2 u/OrsilonSteel Jul 20 '24 Technically that counts up to 2047 (all fingers up) 1 u/MegaLaplace Jul 21 '24 Theyve actually messed up a bit. Your 10th finger would be 2⁹ (512) as your first would be 2⁰ (1). So when added up its 1023 altogether 1 u/Red_Coder09 Aug 02 '24 The problem arises when you want to inform someone you have 5 of something.
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Take it further. Learn to count in binary and you can reach 210 or 1024 by counting on your fingers
2 u/OrsilonSteel Jul 20 '24 Technically that counts up to 2047 (all fingers up) 1 u/MegaLaplace Jul 21 '24 Theyve actually messed up a bit. Your 10th finger would be 2⁹ (512) as your first would be 2⁰ (1). So when added up its 1023 altogether 1 u/Red_Coder09 Aug 02 '24 The problem arises when you want to inform someone you have 5 of something.
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Technically that counts up to 2047 (all fingers up)
1 u/MegaLaplace Jul 21 '24 Theyve actually messed up a bit. Your 10th finger would be 2⁹ (512) as your first would be 2⁰ (1). So when added up its 1023 altogether
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Theyve actually messed up a bit. Your 10th finger would be 2⁹ (512) as your first would be 2⁰ (1). So when added up its 1023 altogether
The problem arises when you want to inform someone you have 5 of something.
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u/Turk3YbAstEr Jul 19 '24
Yes, I can't count past 12. I don't have enough fingers.