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[–] [email protected] 139 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (25 children)

Using binary with bent/straight fingers gets you up to 31. There are other ways - like touching your thumb to different phalanges of different fingers, for 0..12.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In American Sign Language you can sign at least up to 999~10~ with one hand

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well at that point you can also draw any number in air, no?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Or use a piece of paper, as long as you don't steady it with your other hand.

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