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minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up181arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoWhat about plain old x = -10? -10 ^ 2 = 100 -10 ^ 3 = -1000 -10 ^ 5 = -100000
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·4 months agoThat’s what he wrote, I imagine.
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·4 months agoIt is, but with imaginary numbets
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down9·4 months agoNothing gets past you eh?
minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·4 months agopeople being pedantic showoffs doesn’t really register as humor for me, TBH
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoThat’s true, the OOP is being quite snarky with their comment on a post where someone’s had a genuine basic doubt
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoYeah exactly you’re right, why overcomplicate the problem like the Reddit comment did? I guess that’s just typical Reddit thinking that being pendantic and using lots of fancy words and long explanations makes you smart.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·4 months agoNah just boiler plate autism.
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoThat was my immediate thought too.
What about plain old
x = -10?-10 ^ 2 = 100
-10 ^ 3 = -1000
-10 ^ 5 = -100000
Isn’t that the joke?
That’s what he wrote, I imagine.
It is, but with imaginary numbets
numbet
numberwang
i² = -1 so…
Nothing gets past you eh?
people being pedantic showoffs doesn’t really register as humor for me, TBH
That’s true, the OOP is being quite snarky with their comment on a post where someone’s had a genuine basic doubt
Yeah exactly you’re right, why overcomplicate the problem like the Reddit comment did? I guess that’s just typical Reddit thinking that being pendantic and using lots of fancy words and long explanations makes you smart.
Nah just boiler plate autism.
no
That was my immediate thought too.
Boooooring