cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 19 hours agoThat clears things uplemmy.mlimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
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minus-squareJayleneSlide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoExcept… that it doesn’t. Serious question: am I OOTL on a joke? Edit: I totally missed that it was an approximately sign. Derp.
minus-squarered_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·16 hours agoIt’s 8.0000000729, which approximates to 8. Why do you think it doesn’t?
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 hours agoProbably didn’t notice it doesn’t say “equals”. It’s easy to overlook the wavy part.
minus-squareJayleneSlide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoOh, yup! I totally missed the approximately sign.
minus-squareAzteh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoDo you work in a field where 7*10-8 differences matter? Cause most fields I know don’t mind an error margin that small (granted I don’t know a lot)
987654321 / 123456789 ≃ 8
Except… that it doesn’t. Serious question: am I OOTL on a joke?
Edit: I totally missed that it was an approximately sign. Derp.
It’s 8.0000000729, which approximates to 8. Why do you think it doesn’t?
Probably didn’t notice it doesn’t say “equals”. It’s easy to overlook the wavy part.
Oh, yup! I totally missed the approximately sign.
Do you work in a field where 7*10-8 differences matter? Cause most fields I know don’t mind an error margin that small (granted I don’t know a lot)