But you can’t count until more than 10 in decimal. That’s what’s being compared here.
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Lembot_0006@programming.dev 1 month ago
In decimal I can show a 1’111’111’111 with fingers. A billion is bigger than a thousand.
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
zeca@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
With only two states for each finger, you cant count past 1 in decimal. You can count up to 10 un unary.
Hule@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Joke, right? Unary 1,111,111,111 is decimal 10…
eleijeep@piefed.social 1 month ago
you can’t count until more than 10 in decimal.
*unary
markz@suppo.fi 1 month ago
You can show that much, but not count to it. With 10 fingers you have 1024 unique permutations, so stsrting from 0, you can only get to 1023.
It could still be possible if you’re able to handle your fingers in more than 2 positions.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Mmm but what if I flip my hands over - gives me 4096…
Hands thumb towards vs thumb away from me? 16384…
Introduce a finger bent state and now we’re at 944,784…
Straight/bent a little/bent a lot/closed + 4 hand orientations each gets you over 16M
markz@suppo.fi 1 month ago
As I said, more than 4 positions.
olafurp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pretty sure that’s a joke mate.