idefix@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10idefix@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIt’s as if people used their fingers when starting counting things… How weird
minus-squareGutek8134@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoMe casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoPolydactyl? Or how did they manage that?
minus-square342345@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·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?
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… :)