Binary on fingers really comes into its own when you need to order 1023 beers over heavy background noise. Except when there's a mix-up and you end up with -1 beer.
Just make sure you don't confuse it with original TED talks. TED talks are the only real ones. If there's anything added to it like x or ed or w/e, it's not affiliated. Just FYI
my more practical finger binary system would have op show 6 beers. 3 beers would be thumb and forefinger. System is digits forward to enemy have missing fingers be 0, raised 1.
That actually makes sense to me — ASL retains the “thumb = 1” system present in most of Europe.
The programmer is using what I’d call an “Anglo” two. It’s what I grew up with in North America.(see the Inglourious Basterds three finger scene for reference)
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JelleWho@lemmy.world · 96 pts · 266d
There 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who count in binary, and those who dont
Natanael@slrpnk.net · 35 pts · 266d
Surprise trinary!
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 266d
Ternary?
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 266d
That's tertiary to you, pal.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 265d
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 266d
*crying in IPv4 subnet calculations
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 10 pts · 266d
...and those who didn't expect this joke to be in ternary
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 66 pts · 266d
::: spoiler that's six by my count
0 ✊
1 👍
2 ☝️
3 👆
4 🖕
:::
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 266d
Binary on fingers really comes into its own when you need to order 1023 beers over heavy background noise. Except when there's a mix-up and you end up with -1 beer.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 265d
This sounds like xkcd alt text
tomiant@programming.dev · 3 pts · 265d
Jokes on you, I already owed one beer!
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
It's easy to order 1 beer and end up with 31.
melfie@lemy.lol · 37 pts · 266d
anguo@piefed.ca · 20 pts · 266d
Pretty sure he's ordering 6 in this image.
Samsy@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 266d
From his perspective, he orders 4.
anguo@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 265d
But if he twitches and puts his fingers closer together, he orders 3.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 266d
You mean 7 beers.
madjo@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 265d
he's ordering 7, I think, if you count the thumb.
anguo@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 265d
I don't see it... Two fingers and thumb make VI.
madjo@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 264d
I actually forgot about Roman numerals for a second.
No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org · 35 pts · 266d
Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks, "Do all of you want a beer?"
"I don't know"
"I don't know"
"Yes"
tomiant@programming.dev · 7 pts · 265d
"Would you possibly want a beer out of three?"
"Yes."
"There are now only two possible beers left. Would you like to change to another beer?"
"YES!"
buttnugget@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 265d
The old Monty Beerhall problem!
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 265d
These logic problems reminds me of those Ted-ED riddles.
(anyone here watched Ted-ED videos? its not just me being weird right?)
AEsheron@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d
I wish they'd post them more than once a year these days....
tomiant@programming.dev · 1 pts · 261d
Just make sure you don't confuse it with original TED talks. TED talks are the only real ones. If there's anything added to it like x or ed or w/e, it's not affiliated. Just FYI
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 265d
Oh this is a good one
kubica@fedia.io · 34 pts · 266d
It looks like the way to ask for 2 beers would be quite offensive.
melfie@lemy.lol · 34 pts · 266d
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 265d
probable_possum@leminal.space · 22 pts · 266d
But he just ordered 6. Rookie mistake.
bampop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 265d
Looks like 12 to me
probable_possum@leminal.space · 2 pts · 265d
... Maybe.
It really depends on, which is the most significant bit.. I mean finger.
Haaveilija@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 264d
Most significant digit?
tomiant@programming.dev · 2 pts · 265d
That's the German 6!
Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 265d
I'm German and I didn't know we can count to 720 with our hands...
ch00f@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 266d
tomiant@programming.dev · 7 pts · 265d
🖕beer please
Toldry@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 266d
👏👏👏👏👏👏
tomiant@programming.dev · 6 pts · 265d
Sir that is more beers than there are particles in the Universe.
yakko@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 265d
Customer is always right
itisileclerk@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 266d
That is actually 5, in Latin.
eah@programming.dev · 13 pts · 266d
Off by one error
JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 5 pts · 266d
Thats what I thought at first
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 266d
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar...
tomiant@programming.dev · 8 pts · 265d
A quantum mechanic walks into a bar.
He also walks out of the bar.
At the same time.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 265d
A temporal traveller walks into a bar.
A temporal traveller walks into a bar.
tomiant@programming.dev · 1 pts · 261d
Hahahahahaha!
How surprised they must have been!
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 266d
Glad he picked up another friend. Ordering only two was getting him into a lot of trouble.
30p87@feddit.org · 5 pts · 266d
Huh, why? Only four would be a Problem. Even worse, 132.
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 266d
In the image he isn’t using his thumb to count, so 2 would be the middle finger.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 266d
Why would you count with only 4 fingers when the hand has 5?
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 266d
I think it’s because in the UK they start counting (regularly) with the index finger, so the regular binary two would look unnatural in context
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 266d
SlykeThePhoxenix@programming.dev · 8 pts · 265d
Never ask for 2 beers though.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 265d
ok sign with middle finger....
my more practical finger binary system would have op show 6 beers. 3 beers would be thumb and forefinger. System is digits forward to enemy have missing fingers be 0, raised 1.
mikezane@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 266d
He should be sticking out his thumb and index finger. With the index and middle finger up he's showing 6.
wolfrasin@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 265d
So binary is French? That's legit 3 in French
microcapybara@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 265d
Technically, the thumb should be out as well. But yeah, that would totally be read as 3. 🥖🫡
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 265d
Weird, thumb out is 3 in ASL (a french sign derived language), but thumb in that position reads as a really weird 2 to me
microcapybara@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 265d
That actually makes sense to me — ASL retains the “thumb = 1” system present in most of Europe.
The programmer is using what I’d call an “Anglo” two. It’s what I grew up with in North America.(see the Inglourious Basterds three finger scene for reference)
MrSoup@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 266d
This could have ended up very badly if were only two beers.
tomiant@programming.dev · 1 pts · 265d
Because they would have to fight for the missing beer or because they would have to fight for the remaining two?
MrSoup@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 265d
That's because of how the number 2 is represented.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 266d
It almost works better without the quote
nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 265d
There’s a beer in Australia called XXXX.
The joke is it’s for those who can’t spell BEER, but it’s also for those who can’t count, because if they could, it’d be XL.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 266d
Perhaps the bartender is offended since the programmer is giving them the V sign?
whelk@retrolemmy.com · 4 pts · 266d
Didn't realize Tommy Lee Jones was bartending these days
melfie@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 266d
Skibbidi@programming.dev · 1 pts · 266d
Little or big?
solomonschuler@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 265d
Godnroc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
So, the minimum number of anything you can order would be zero fingers or 1...
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 266d
Nah it's meant to be binary. 11 would be 3. Although theoretically he should be holding up his pinky and ring finger.
ramius345@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 266d
He must work on a big endian machine.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 266d
The thumb counts too so it should be 6
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
How not to order three drinks.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 266d
Could just be European finger counting
ripcord@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 266d
Then wouldn't the thumb be out?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 265d
Maybe it is. I've seen some pretty lazy thumb use for that purpose in France at least. It looks a little indeterminate to me. 🤷
arnaucaballe@programming.dev · 2 pts · 265d
good!
user1234@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 266d
I think it's more meant to be programming humor. 0=1, 1=2, 2=3, etc
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 266d
Binary 11
tomiant@programming.dev · 1 pts · 265d
Surely you mean 1011.
markstos@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 266d
It’s a Roman numeral…