Random Fingers
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novelty web toy
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#1,520of 3,109 in 2023
Top 49%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun party trick and enjoyable toy
From 2 comments
It's a fun party trick, counting to 2^10-1 (1023) using your fingers! Kids counting 1-10 use, effectively, "unary notation". One could count even higher if willing to put each…
tedchs on HNhttps://students.tools/weight-to-objects/ This is a very handy tool. I have actively searched for something similar via google for a while now but never came close to anything…
tetris11 on HN
Objections
Content filter for rude gestures was culturally insensitive and was removed
From 2 comments
Shape ID 0010000100 is blurry. I enjoy how the IDs are descriptive. I don't like the nanny filter. It's culturally insensitive because it only blocks a hand symbol that's…
mcdonje on HNInteresting. That's not the first time I get this suggestion. So what's the solution here? Should I just remove the filter? Edit: I ended up removing the filter.
xk4rim on HN
Some shape images were blurry
From 1 comment
Shape ID 0010000100 is blurry. I enjoy how the IDs are descriptive. I don't like the nanny filter. It's culturally insensitive because it only blocks a hand symbol that's…
mcdonje on HN
Requests
Remove the censoring filter
From 2 comments
Shape ID 0010000100 is blurry. I enjoy how the IDs are descriptive. I don't like the nanny filter. It's culturally insensitive because it only blocks a hand symbol that's…
mcdonje on HNThank you! I think you made the right decision.
mcdonje on HN
Questions
Is the submitter affiliated with the website?
From 1 comment
what I'm curious about is the account who submitted this, a 3 month old account with no comments and only submissions from that particular website. Are you affiliated with the…
LegitShady on HN
Alternatives named
Chisanbop finger counting method
From 1 comment
A middle ground that’s particularly easy to think about is chisanbop. Each hand shows a base 10 digit where thumbs are 5 and the others are 1.…
gqcwwjtg on HN