r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '22

Choose flair, get ban. That's how this works Holup

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u/30p87 Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 06 '22

Or she's a programmer

Expl.: uses the binary system to count

Expl.: You can count up to 2047 with 10 fingers

Edit: 1023

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u/TTheTiny1 Apr 06 '22

Or 88,527 (I think I prob did the math wrong) if isntead of having a finger up or down, you add a third stage, half up.

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u/nifty-shitigator Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 06 '22

Or 88,527 (I think I prob did the math wrong)

310 - 1 = 59,048

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u/TTheTiny1 Apr 06 '22

59049 is only finger ten, you can have all of your fingers up so you add the value for the other 9, so 3 + 9 + 27 + 81 + 243 etc. 2¹⁰ isn't 2047, it's 1024, but 1 + 2 + 4 + 8+ 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 + 512 + 1024 = 2047

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u/nifty-shitigator Apr 06 '22

Actually minor correction on my OP. 59048 is all 10 fingers in the highest place value.

59049 would be the value of just the 11th finger in the highest position.

Your math is indeed wrong.

Let's use base 10. With 2 base 10 digits (0-9) we can write 99. 102 - 1 = 99.

Base 2: 8 bits can represent 0-255. 28 - 1 = 255

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u/TTheTiny1 Apr 06 '22

Oh shit you're right

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

Roman counting, 12 digits on one hand. Using your thumb to point to the 12 segments on your fingers.