@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 8 months agoMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10message-square42fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down153file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 months agoIt’s as if people used their fingers when starting counting things… How weird
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 months agoMe casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoPolydactyl? Or how did they manage that?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agohttp://www.gregapodaca.com/numerography/files/dozpent_palm_2.jpg
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-28 months agoYou mean used their digits? There are only 8 fingers. But then there is also the octal system. And together with a friend you could count in hexadecimal… :)
It’s as if people used their fingers when starting counting things… How weird
Me casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting
Polydactyl? Or how did they manage that?
http://www.gregapodaca.com/numerography/files/dozpent_palm_2.jpg
You mean used their digits? There are only 8 fingers. But then there is also the octal system. And together with a friend you could count in hexadecimal… :)