An Capone 🌗 on Nostr: I just realized that the way we count on our fingers is great for speed and instant ...
I just realized that the way we count on our fingers is great for speed and instant recognizability since we are used to thinking in base 10, but it is incredibly inferior when it comes to how hifh you can count on your fingers.
Just by switching to base 2 and using every finger as a digital bit, you can count up zo 1024 on just your fingers.
Hell, if you considered using three positions and therefore effectively utilized base 3 wystem, you could count to 59049 just using your fingers.
This shit just blows my mind.
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2023-07-27 20:06:07Event JSON
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