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MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

I think that guy was eating the glue

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I think that guy was eating the glue

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MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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  • kvn@midwest.social
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    Another benefit of base 12 is that you can count to 12 easily with one hand by using your thumb to count each of the 3 segments on your 4 fingers.

    I learned that on that other website prior to the great migration and it blew my mind then.

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      tries it

      Whoa. Dude that’s super useful.

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        I’m trying to think of a situation where I need to count to 12 on one hand 🤔

        This would be useful if I was used to counting with base 12.

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          When ordering twelve beers

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      Wait until you find out that binary counting allows you to count to 31 with one hand.

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      Pros scale that up to base 60 by counting to 12 and using the other hand to count how many times they have counted to 12.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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        Thems rookie numbers. You can get to 144 using the twelve segments on each hand.

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          God tier is throwing your toes into the mix.

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      That is so cool! Thanks for the tip

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