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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by jarfil on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:26AM (#20162483)
If binary has taught me anything, is that you can count up to 1024 with 10 fingers...
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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by masklinn on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:52AM (#20162591)
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)
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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by Anarch157a on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:16AM (#20163741)
Using your hands to signal 4 in binary could put you in a lot of trouble.
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