• affiliate@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    exactly!

    and i am always in favor of counting with fingers. we were given them for a reason, might as well make the most of them. counting is hard enough as it is

        • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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          15 days ago

          That’s impossible, because it would require tracking each digit at once. Counting in binary is kind of possible with fingers, but not with phalanges.

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            15 days ago

            Counting in binary is kind of possible with fingers

            Kind of? It’s quite possible and easy. I spent an afternoon counting syllables to create shitty poetry, and my fingers started counting on their own. Now I can count to 31 on 1 hand and it’s surprisingly useful.

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        15 days ago

        yeah cohomology can be particularly rough. look on the bright side though, at least you now have the tools to answer this question: