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makes me think of how to count with the base 60 babylonian number system. You'd use the thumb of one hand to count to 12 on the phalanges of the other 4 finger
by krsdcbl 4y ago
makes me think of how to count with the base 60 babylonian number system.
You'd use the thumb of one hand to count to 12 on the phalanges of the other 4 fingers, and keep track of every 5 passes like we would do with the second hand
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- downvotetruth 4y ago5 fingers have 14 segments. Using segments on both sides of both hands = 2 sides of 2 hands = 56 finger segment slots. Counting the palms and backs of both hands = 4 hand sides = 60 segment slots and hand sides. Along with the 14 joints on 4 sides = 56 joint nodes = 116 joint nodes, segment slots and hand sides. Including the 10 finger (tips) gets a total of 126 and two arms is 128. Palms, backs of hands, arms, etc. could be further subdivided. Exercise: determine count of combinations.