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		jarfil on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2... If binary has taught me anything, is that you can count up to 1024 with 10 fingers...

masklinn on June 12, 2019 | [–]

If you've got flexible hands and independent-enough fingers you can even count in ternary, up to 59048 (though binary can also take advantage of toes for a limit of 1048573)

Anarch157a on June 12, 2019 | [–]

Using your hands to signal 4 in binary could put you in a lot of trouble.

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