Sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat does that even mean?lemmus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down117file-text
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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoWe could shorten it to negative one because that’s six minus seven and shortening things and having to explain them makes them cooler
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoI’m a school bus driver and a former programmer. The elementary kids on my bus like to say “what is six plus seven? Six-seven!” and I say “sure, in Visual Basic”. They don’t get it, naturally enough.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day ago6-7 makes no sense because the root of 6-7 is literally imaginary 🤯
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoNo, that’s the square root of negative one.
We could shorten it to negative one because that’s six minus seven and shortening things and having to explain them makes them cooler
I’m a school bus driver and a former programmer. The elementary kids on my bus like to say “what is six plus seven? Six-seven!” and I say “sure, in Visual Basic”. They don’t get it, naturally enough.
Almost like it’s imaginary
6-7 makes no sense because the root of 6-7 is literally imaginary 🤯
No, that’s the square root of negative one.