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r/mathmemes • u/TheHarcker • Nov 21 '20
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Attention to detail! The alien has four fingers!
289 u/sandm000 Nov 21 '20 You mean 10 fingers? 98 u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20 I wrote “four” in letters to avoid this very confusion lol 107 u/sandm000 Nov 21 '20 You meant ten? One Two Three Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Twenty Twenty- one Twenty-two Twenty-three Thirty Thirty-one Thirty-two Thirty-three One hundred 1 u/running-gamer Apr 13 '26 Unless you read/say “10” as “four”! 18 u/msndrstdmstrmnd Nov 21 '20 Maybe writing it like |||| would have been clearer 10 u/someone24816 Nov 21 '20 Base 1 6 u/robertterwilligerjr Nov 22 '20 Crank up da juice! 123..., its easy as... {Ø},{Ø,{Ø}},{Ø,{Ø},{Ø,{Ø}}},... 3 u/Ryaniseplin Nov 21 '20 Whats a four 27 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 21 '20 Maybe base sixteen would be more practical for them. 23 u/SethQ Nov 21 '20 You mean base 100? That's just base 10 with a complication. 7 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 21 '20 I meant base 10. Every digit could be a combination of extended and bent fingers. 1 u/GreenOceanis Nov 21 '20 What if they can't bend their fingers? 3 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 How could they be an advanced civilization without pulling triggers? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 21 '20 But 0 could not 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 All bent or all extended? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0) 3 u/averagejoey2000 Nov 21 '20 Well, that's not the best way for them to count. I use seximal because humans have 14_6 fingers
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You mean 10 fingers?
98 u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20 I wrote “four” in letters to avoid this very confusion lol 107 u/sandm000 Nov 21 '20 You meant ten? One Two Three Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Twenty Twenty- one Twenty-two Twenty-three Thirty Thirty-one Thirty-two Thirty-three One hundred 1 u/running-gamer Apr 13 '26 Unless you read/say “10” as “four”! 18 u/msndrstdmstrmnd Nov 21 '20 Maybe writing it like |||| would have been clearer 10 u/someone24816 Nov 21 '20 Base 1 6 u/robertterwilligerjr Nov 22 '20 Crank up da juice! 123..., its easy as... {Ø},{Ø,{Ø}},{Ø,{Ø},{Ø,{Ø}}},... 3 u/Ryaniseplin Nov 21 '20 Whats a four
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I wrote “four” in letters to avoid this very confusion lol
107 u/sandm000 Nov 21 '20 You meant ten? One Two Three Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Twenty Twenty- one Twenty-two Twenty-three Thirty Thirty-one Thirty-two Thirty-three One hundred 1 u/running-gamer Apr 13 '26 Unless you read/say “10” as “four”! 18 u/msndrstdmstrmnd Nov 21 '20 Maybe writing it like |||| would have been clearer 10 u/someone24816 Nov 21 '20 Base 1 6 u/robertterwilligerjr Nov 22 '20 Crank up da juice! 123..., its easy as... {Ø},{Ø,{Ø}},{Ø,{Ø},{Ø,{Ø}}},... 3 u/Ryaniseplin Nov 21 '20 Whats a four
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You meant ten?
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1 u/running-gamer Apr 13 '26 Unless you read/say “10” as “four”!
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Unless you read/say “10” as “four”!
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Maybe writing it like |||| would have been clearer
10 u/someone24816 Nov 21 '20 Base 1 6 u/robertterwilligerjr Nov 22 '20 Crank up da juice! 123..., its easy as... {Ø},{Ø,{Ø}},{Ø,{Ø},{Ø,{Ø}}},...
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Base 1
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Crank up da juice!
123..., its easy as...
{Ø},{Ø,{Ø}},{Ø,{Ø},{Ø,{Ø}}},...
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Whats a four
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Maybe base sixteen would be more practical for them.
23 u/SethQ Nov 21 '20 You mean base 100? That's just base 10 with a complication. 7 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 21 '20 I meant base 10. Every digit could be a combination of extended and bent fingers. 1 u/GreenOceanis Nov 21 '20 What if they can't bend their fingers? 3 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 How could they be an advanced civilization without pulling triggers? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 21 '20 But 0 could not 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 All bent or all extended? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
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You mean base 100? That's just base 10 with a complication.
7 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 21 '20 I meant base 10. Every digit could be a combination of extended and bent fingers. 1 u/GreenOceanis Nov 21 '20 What if they can't bend their fingers? 3 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 How could they be an advanced civilization without pulling triggers? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 21 '20 But 0 could not 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 All bent or all extended? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
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I meant base 10. Every digit could be a combination of extended and bent fingers.
1 u/GreenOceanis Nov 21 '20 What if they can't bend their fingers? 3 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 How could they be an advanced civilization without pulling triggers? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 21 '20 But 0 could not 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 All bent or all extended? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
What if they can't bend their fingers?
3 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 How could they be an advanced civilization without pulling triggers?
How could they be an advanced civilization without pulling triggers?
But 0 could not
1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 All bent or all extended? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
All bent or all extended?
1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
Well then you won't have enough combinations for the 16; you have 16 possible positions, so it is enough for either 0-15 or 1-16
1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 what is our digit for ten? 1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
what is our digit for ten?
1 u/KindaDouchebaggy Nov 22 '20 You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16 1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
You are missing the point. My point is that if they use their 4 fingers with each of 16 combinations meaning one specific number, they can cover numbers from 0 to 15 or from 1 to 16, they don't have enough for either 0 or 16
1 u/belabacsijolvan Nov 22 '20 So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen. → More replies (0)
So they use digits from 0-15. That's enough for base sixteen.
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Well, that's not the best way for them to count. I use seximal because humans have 14_6 fingers
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20
Attention to detail! The alien has four fingers!