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[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 27 points 1 week ago

I kid you not, the Chinese count up to 99 on their fingers.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

I can count from 0 to 255 on my fingers. I can even count up to 1023, if I include my thumbs.

Binary...

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago
[-] match@pawb.social 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

the bit change operation from 0 to 1 can require a bit of effort, but the sudden switch from 1 to 0 makes it worthwhile

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

This guy counts in tallywhackers!

[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Wait can you go from flaccid to erect at a moment's notice?

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Pee off, pee on.

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 2 points 1 week ago

Only half that of these use your dick.

[-] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago

if you use a mid-state, like a halfway finger, you can count to 59048

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Either your fingers are way more dextrous than mine, or your hands will look like you stepped on a live power line and it will be hard to keep the count.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago
[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

What, you don't know the powers of 2?

LOL, this is The Onion anyways, nothing to be taken too seriously here.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I do? This was just an excellent point. Never thought of counting in binary with my fingers before

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

Japanese as well.

this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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