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hans_castorptoday at 12:33 PM1 replyview on HN

Or use a hand as a 5-bit integer, then you can count to 31 :)


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t-3today at 12:47 PM

It's hard to actually count using more than 4 bits/hand though. The quickest methods that require the least dexterity are those that count the knuckles (which are actually used in some counting traditions, unlike binary finger-counting).