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[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Great example is tally marks

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.