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Re:Roman Finger Counting by louis8799 on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:59AM (#23190223)
Interesting, if you ask a computer scientist what is the max number that can be counted with two hands, he will say 2^10 = 1024. 9,999 is far from 10-bit.
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Re:Roman Finger Counting by lifthrasiir on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:08AM (#23190266)
It is not binary because 1 through 3 and 7 through 9 bend the same finger but at the different joints. As a result it is much more awkward to bend than binary counting.
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Re:Roman Finger Counting by Drakar1903 on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:14AM (#23190290)
That assumes two finger states - extended or bent.

Introduce half-extended as a state and you have 3^10 = 59049

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