mindbleach comments on I dunno

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (11 children)

The clouds could part, revealing an unmistakable divine presence, where a herald of angels trumpet, and the creator of the universe tells this guy he's being a hypocritical crank, and he'd bicker until god himself said "Stuff this" and moved on.

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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev -1 points 10 months ago (10 children)

the creator of the universe tells this guy he’s being a hypocritical crank

The creator of the universe made the laws of nature, which gave rise to the rules of Maths, which can be found in Maths textbooks 😂

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago (9 children)

Which you said changed 130 years ago.

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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 point 10 months ago (8 children)

Which you said changed 130 years ago

The definition of Division changed more than 130 years ago. a+b/c+d originally meant (a+b)/(c+d), but that limited you to one division per expression, so they changed the definition to be a+b/c+d=a+(b/c)+d, which brought it into line with all the other operators - the underlying Maths never changed, just the way we write expressions did

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Ohhh, so there is a difference between what's in math(s) books and the underlying laws of reality. When it lets you scold people.

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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Ohhh, so there is a difference between what’s in math(s) books and the underlying laws of reality

No, and I have no idea where you got that idea! 😂

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Probably the part where you said how we write expressions is different from the underlying maths.

Because words mean things.

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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

Probably the part where you said how we write expressions is different from the underlying maths

Yep, the underlying Maths is the same everywhere, because the rules are universal, but different countries have different notations, it's still the same Maths

Because words mean things

And you seem to be having trouble understanding the difference between "notation" and "rules"

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

My guy, you're all over this thread hassling people as if there's only one valid notation. I warned folks about your cocksure confusion of notation and rules two weeks ago, and your oblivious ass did exactly that in response to my warning.

You're so confused about notation versus rules that you think RPN must have parentheses, somewhere, somehow, because they're in the One True Notation.

I don't think you understand being wrong, as a concept. Your brain slides right off it and circles back to a sequence of words that lets you be smug.

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