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		amelius 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes But why wasn't the handcounting inherited too? It sounds useful to be able to count up until 60 on two hands.

balamatom 3 months ago [–]

Probably because it was too contrived. I mean, if you can count up to 12 on one, why can't you do up to 144 on both?

amelius 3 months ago | [–]

Could have something to do with right-handedness.

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