Great example is tally marks
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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That is a great example. I had never thought of this and came across it randomly.
4 / and you're done, on to the next set. As much as I overanalyze quite a few things, this one never registered. Thanks.
Oh hell yeah! I always called this "counting by sight". Learned it when on my paper route. Counting by 1 always caused me to fuck up the count. Starting counting sets of three, which I could visually keep track of.
Excellent there's a name for it.