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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 29 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Rather than assigning each finger the same value of 1, assign them values of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. Then there's some combination of fingers that can represent any value from 0 to 1+2+4+8+16=31. It's like using digits to count instead of tally marks.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    32 different combinations.

    2⁵ = 32.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It’s 2026. You can write the top voted nerd joke and still be dead wrong about the math. We’re in the “You’re absolutely right” era now.

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