The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 7 days ago"He doesn't look autistic"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down16
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minus-squareboonhetlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoWhy not ternary? Your fingers have more than 1 joint. If you exclude the thumbs, you could even do quaternary or whatever it’s called.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoIf you can individually manipulate just the first joint on each of your fingers you’re a mutant.
minus-squareboonhetlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoThe first one from the tip I can’t manipulate individually so you’re right, base 4 is impossible. But 0/1/2 I could do an all 3 fingers and my thumbs. Technically that means the ability to count to 59049, though it’d be a painstaking process.
Why not ternary? Your fingers have more than 1 joint. If you exclude the thumbs, you could even do quaternary or whatever it’s called.
If you can individually manipulate just the first joint on each of your fingers you’re a mutant.
The first one from the tip I can’t manipulate individually so you’re right, base 4 is impossible. But 0/1/2 I could do an all 3 fingers and my thumbs. Technically that means the ability to count to 59049, though it’d be a painstaking process.