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> But I only have 10 fingers! That's why I mentioned counting on the finger-joints :-) > On a practical note, wouldn't that mean inventing 2 new symbols to re
by zeveb 11y ago
> But I only have 10 fingers!
That's why I mentioned counting on the finger-joints :-)
> On a practical note, wouldn't that mean inventing 2 new symbols to represent 10 and 11
Already been done, over a hundred years ago, and they're even in Unicode already[1]!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal
- slavik81 11y agoVery cool. There are a few notations, but it seems the most popular one uses rotated digits (like 6 and 9). 10 is a rotated 2 (ᘔ) 11 is a rotated 3 (Ɛ)