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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (5 children)

There are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand.

Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Binary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I like the idea of some numbers being popular hand gestures.

4 - Fuck you; 17 - Shaka (hang loose); 18 - Metal horns; 19 - "I love you"; 132 - Double fuck you

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

With 2 hands you can count to 144.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

12*12 on one hand + 12 on the other one

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Bold of you to assume I'd ever remember this counting technique. Hell I'm shocked I remember counting my fingers for base 10..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Use the other hand to count twelves! Each time you fill up one hand, add one to the other. That way you can get all the way to 156, which is probably more than you'd ever want to count one by one anyway

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

To be fair, you should be comparing 2 hands in base 12 to 2 hands in base 10, I. E. 20:24. Still a real difference, but not the 10:24 difference you pointed out.