Post ADbedaGcEifVLQzkf2 by mohs@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #ADbdyhcbzF0iHYn1V2 by mike@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-20T22:32:08Z
       
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       My daughter and her classmate were trying to figure out who was "smarter" by trying to stump each other with basic division, which they just started learning in school.D: What's 1/1?F: 1! What's 2/1?D: 2! What's 10/1?F: That's easy! 10!Me walking by: What's 1/0? D: 1!Me: Nope.F: 0!Me: Nope.It's been 25 minutes now, and they're still whispering back and forth to themselves trying to figure it out. 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #ADbedaGcEifVLQzkf2 by mohs@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-20T22:39:28Z
       
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       @mike that was mean
       
 (DIR) Post #ADbfI4IW0DaO4BBi64 by rbkn@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-20T22:46:53Z
       
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       @mike you have now to teach them about limits and asymptotes. 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #ADbiTmuGmtH7Sz7wmW by Logical_Error@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-20T23:22:37Z
       
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       @mike Once they give up, you can tell them that nobody knows (undefined)It would be great in teaching them that sometimes not knowing the answer is the smartest thing to do
       
 (DIR) Post #ADbjmdYzqhtZwgjF6O by seachaint@hackers.town
       2021-11-20T23:37:14Z
       
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       @mike And years later you can get them again by asking "Which is bigger, 1/0 or 1.0/0?"
       
 (DIR) Post #ADc3SU2lX3jLiCJvZw by benjaminpaikjones@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-21T03:17:42Z
       
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       @mike 1! 0!Me: those are the same thing?
       
 (DIR) Post #ADcL8HzgQC1XivOnD6 by wswartzendruber@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-21T06:35:40Z
       
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       @mike Give them a sheet of paper and tell them to divide it into zero pieces.
       
 (DIR) Post #ADcWFBEL48sMGlk5KK by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-21T08:40:14Z
       
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       @mike you monster 😂😅. Perhaps the next question is 0/1 and then the one after that is 0/0
       
 (DIR) Post #ADcn7AaHHakpAZlobA by pixelherodev@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-21T11:49:16Z
       
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       @mike That's awesome :D
       
 (DIR) Post #ADcrznGs3qsQbpzko4 by metalune@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-21T12:44:07Z
       
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       @Mehrad @mike 0/0 should be 1, right? or wait no... stupid question, or actually, what the fuck
       
 (DIR) Post #ADct7s3eFR1Tj4E2vw by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-21T12:56:44Z
       
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       @metaluneIt kinda feels like Schrödinger‘s cat situation. The answer to 0/0 might be 0 (similar to 0/2), or infinity (2/0), or “indeterminate” depending on who answers the question. The latter is so far the mathematically correct one. Now here is the response of Siri when I asked her that question@mike
       
 (DIR) Post #ADev13NcLJO12QMYdM by Iutech@fosstodon.org
       2021-11-22T12:27:17Z
       
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       @mike Hasn't @kev just written a blog post about Linux elitism ?