idefixMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10
Ackchyually humans have 10 fingers, indexed 0 to 9
yea imagine if 0 was worth 1 all of a sudden
by that logic finger 2 is worth 2, 3 worth e and so on? so you have 45 fingers?!!
1 - 1 = 1
I guess weβre counting the thumb fingers now. ππ€ͺπ
π½πππππππππEven if we arenβt OP is still wrong; weβd have 8 fingers, if we donβt count thumbs, even if we index them from 0-7. The only way 9 works is when someone doesnβt have the common number of digits.
The index was so out of bounds it fell from his hand
Eight fingers and two thumbs for ten digits.
I just realised that digits translates to Finger in german. And finger also translates to Finger. But you have 10 of the former and 8 of the latter. Funny.
BeatTakeshiItβs as if people used their fingers when starting counting thingsβ¦ How weird
Gutek8134Me casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting
agent_flounderPolydactyl? Or how did they manage that?
You mean used their digits? There are only 8 fingers. But there is also the octal system⦠:)
Digit is Ziffer in German
schnurritoThat too yes
Donβt we have 1010 fingers though, 101 on each hand?
bob_lemonItβs just A finger, really
wvstolzingYeah, I mean all vertebrates are A digit creatures in their front set of limbs.
So just for clarification, when was your son born?
MrRazamatazJanuary 1st, 1970
Have you had your son tested? He may be an AI.
ivanafterallFirst things first: have you counted his fingers, before moving on to anything else?
Definitely not an AI. An AI would say humans have 9 fingers on each hand, for a total of 47 fingers.
Starting the off-by-1 errors at an early age π
Is that why heβs always pushing the boundaries to test my limits?
andrew// see if the runtime notices
limit := limits[len(limits)]
I mean there are 10 fingers, but numbered 0-9.
katy β¨not according to the simpsons
SavvyWolfI mean, not everyone has 10 fingers, so the average is slightly less than 10. Coerce to an integer and you get 9.
But some people have more than 5 fingers per hand (Polydactyly) so it balances out. /s
Yeah but then Pterodactyls bring that number back down again
adr1anWings are their hands tho
With 4 fingers tho
PlutoniumAcidOn average, a person contains slightly more than one skeleton.
On average, a person has slightly less than two legs.
We taught our daughter to count starting at zero. Her kindergarten teacher was not amused.
It is the way!
Programming joke aside, that is a categorically incorrect way to teach someone how to count.
In respect to the English language asking someone at the bar to pour you zero beers should not yield any passing of drinks.
Counting starts at one, indexing starts at zero.
I didnβt want to spoil their fun, but Iβm glad you did. That kidβs going to experience an embarassing moment of parental disillusionment the first time they try to be clever with a halfway competent math teacher.
I have 1010 fingers
Humans have 10 thumbs thoughβ¦