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minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up174arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoWhat about plain old x = -10? -10 ^ 2 = 100 -10 ^ 3 = -1000 -10 ^ 5 = -100000
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·3 months agoThat’s what he wrote, I imagine.
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·3 months agoIt is, but with imaginary numbets
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down10·3 months agoNothing gets past you eh?
minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·3 months agopeople being pedantic showoffs doesn’t really register as humor for me, TBH
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 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-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 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…
10 * i^2 is -10.
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
That was my immediate thought too.
Boooooring