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in reply to Re^3: In base 1, the number after 0 is:
in thread In base 1, the number after 0 is:

"5" is your hand with all fingers extended, "9" is all fingers except the pinky extended.

"10" is signed "1" then "0".

-- FloydATC

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Re^5: In base 1, the number after 0 is:
by chacham (Prior) on May 02, 2014 at 11:58 UTC

    I thought 10 was a thumb wiggle.

      Maybe that's what they try first, and then they fall back to signing "1" then "0" to hearing people like myself who don't understand :-)

      -- FloydATC

      Time flies when you don't know what you're doing