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balamatom 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes

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 11 months ago [–]

Could have something to do with right-handedness.

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