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A microblog post by @kareem_carr saying "as soon as i saw they were using asterisks for multiplication symbols, i knew we were in trouble", with an image from the "Office of the United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)" showing the mathematical formula $\Delta \tau_i = \frac{x_i - m_i}{\varepsilon * \varphi * m_i}$. The formula show asterisks (*) instead of multiplication signs (×).

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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

no one who would have any experience in the field would write it like that.

it's just a sign that the people who did it have no idea what they are doing.

[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

it's just a sign that the people who did it have no idea what they are doing.

We're in no shortage of those signs