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minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·19 days agoPeople always say math when they just mean arithmetic.
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoPerhaps they expected the server to use geometry to come up with the answer…
minus-squaresave_the_humans@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoHere we use the metric, d(x, y) = |x - y|, to calculate the distance between points x, y in Q.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoAgreed. Most people don’t realize arithmetic is actually a form of geography, and not math. True story.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoAs long as we aren’t talking about maths, then I’m good
People always say math when they just mean arithmetic.
I say maths
I say arithmetics
Found the Brit.
Perhaps they expected the server to use geometry to come up with the answer…
Here we use the metric, d(x, y) = |x - y|, to calculate the distance between points x, y in Q.
Agreed. Most people don’t realize arithmetic is actually a form of geography, and not math. True story.
As long as we aren’t talking about maths, then I’m good
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