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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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With how common human-exposure to radiation is becoming, the primary base system might not be base-10 anymore. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 2 years ago by TheSmartDude to c/showerthoughts

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[–] TheRealKuni 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Binary is easy to count, but a pain to decipher unless you know binary very well.

Each finger and thumb is a single digit (literally!) and can either be a 0 or a 1. I start with the thumb on my right hand, but you can start however you’d like.

Thumb up for 1

Thumb down and index finger up for 10, which is 2 in base 10.

Index and thumb up for 11 (3)

Middle finger up, index and thumb down for 100 (4)

Middle and thumb up, index down for 101 (5)

Middle and index up, thumb down, for 110 (6)

All three up for 111 (7)

Ring finger up and all others down for 1000 (8)

Etc.

All ten up, 1111111111, is 1023.

If you need to count a large quantity but don’t need to be able to quickly decipher it, this is useful! But I almost never use it in favor of the easily-understood 0-99 counting.

[–] DharmaCurious 2 points 2 years ago

Wow! That's really cool!