idefix@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10idefix@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-square342345@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI 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.
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s as if people used their fingers when starting counting things… How weird
minus-squareGutek8134@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMe casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting
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.
It’s as if people used their fingers when starting counting things… How weird
Me casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting