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[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

exactly!

and i am always in favor of counting with fingers. we were given them for a reason, might as well make the most of them. counting is hard enough as it is

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, counting with fingers is bad. Count with phalanges instead. It's more efficient

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Just be sure to do it in binary. You gotta squeeze all of the value out of those phalanges.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's impossible, because it would require tracking each digit at once. Counting in binary is kind of possible with fingers, but not with phalanges.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Counting in binary is kind of possible with fingers

Kind of? It's quite possible and easy. I spent an afternoon counting syllables to create shitty poetry, and my fingers started counting on their own. Now I can count to 31 on 1 hand and it's surprisingly useful.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Drag is in pain when drag tries to fully extend the middle or ring finger with all others clasped.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Drag has issues giving the 🖕?

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago

Damn dude, start doing some stretches unless it's some condition. Overtightened tendons can do that.

[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Counting cohomology has done to me a numbers x_x

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

yeah cohomology can be particularly rough. look on the bright side though, at least you now have the tools to answer this question: