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minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoWhat about plain old x = -10? -10 ^ 2 = 100 -10 ^ 3 = -1000 -10 ^ 5 = -100000
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 year agoThat’s what he wrote, I imagine.
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoIt is, but with imaginary numbets
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down8·1 year agoNothing gets past you eh?
minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agopeople being pedantic showoffs doesn’t really register as humor for me, TBH
minus-squarethedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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.