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minus-squareHeuristicAlgorithm9@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoPowers of 2 is just counting in binary, finger up is a 1 and down is a 0 so highest you can count all the numbers up to and including is 1111111111 in binary or 1023 base 10
minus-squareGarbagio@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI think you could relatively easily go trinary, where a finger is either down, bent, or up. That would get you to 59048
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWhat if I don’t wanna get shipped to El Salvador for throwing up gang signs?
minus-squareGarbagio@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIdk don’t math debate in public?
minus-squareMr. Satan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoOk, yeah, a 10 bit number seems doable
Powers of 2 is just counting in binary, finger up is a 1 and down is a 0 so highest you can count all the numbers up to and including is 1111111111 in binary or 1023 base 10
I think you could relatively easily go trinary, where a finger is either down, bent, or up. That would get you to 59048
What if I don’t wanna get shipped to El Salvador for throwing up gang signs?
Idk don’t math debate in public?
True!
Ok, yeah, a 10 bit number seems doable