cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoThat clears things uplemmy.mlimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11
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minus-squareJayleneSlide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months 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-down1·2 months agoIt’s 8.0000000729, which approximates to 8. Why do you think it doesn’t?
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoProbably didn’t notice it doesn’t say “equals”. It’s easy to overlook the wavy part.
minus-squareJayleneSlide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOh, yup! I totally missed the approximately sign.
minus-squareAzteh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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)