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minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhat about plain old x = -10? -10 ^ 2 = 100 -10 ^ 3 = -1000 -10 ^ 5 = -100000
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·5 months agoThat’s what he wrote, I imagine.
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 months agoIt is, but with imaginary numbets
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down8·5 months agoNothing gets past you eh?
minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·5 months agopeople being pedantic showoffs doesn’t really register as humor for me, TBH
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 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-up3·5 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
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
Boooooring
That was my immediate thought too.