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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (13 children)

I found math in physics to have this really fun duality of "these are rigorous rules that must be followed" and "if we make a set of edge case assumptions, we can fit the square peg in the round hole"

Also I will always treat the derivative operator as a fraction

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 58 points 1 day ago (10 children)

2+2 = 5

…for sufficiently large values of 2

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (7 children)
[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Computer science: 2+2=4 (for integers at least; try this with floating point numbers at your own peril, you absolute fool)

[–] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 11 hours ago

0.1 + 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004

comparing floats for exact equality should be illegal, IMO

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