Post B2WupaAu20IXnpjHSC by sovietfish@todon.eu
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(DIR) Post #B2WuR2jKj5Uf7s8HoW by claralistensprechen5th@friendica.rogueproject.org
2026-01-21T23:29:08Z
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@fcbsd @futurebirdChuckle-worthy but there is a grammatical error. "Rational" and "Real" are adjectives, and numbers ARE countable.
(DIR) Post #B2WuR4BNKJWDd8GCA4 by sovietfish@todon.eu
2026-01-22T02:58:58Z
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@claralistensprechen5th @futurebird @fcbsd I think numbers (real or rational) ought to be grammatically countable when we're talking about a finite number of them. If we're talking about the size of an infinite subset of the real numbers, then I think it sort of does flip over to making sense to talk about those numbers as grammatically uncountable. "Much of the real numbers were contained therein" makes perfect sense to me. But I think this is true of pretty much any infinite set, not just (mathematically) uncountable ones.
(DIR) Post #B2WuR5MkvUDTIianXU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-22T03:00:10Z
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@sovietfish @claralistensprechen5th @fcbsd "Much of the real numbers less than one.":/IDKATOC
(DIR) Post #B2WuYYXkqN7XouIcSm by sovietfish@todon.eu
2026-01-22T03:01:38Z
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@futurebird @claralistensprechen5th @fcbsd pardon my ignorance, what does that initialism stand for?
(DIR) Post #B2WueB2d8WasfRQBu4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-22T03:02:40Z
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@sovietfish @claralistensprechen5th @fcbsd I Don't Know About That One Chief?I guess it's a little obscure.
(DIR) Post #B2Wui8JRDyc5MWAZcG by sovietfish@todon.eu
2026-01-22T03:03:21Z
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@futurebird @claralistensprechen5th @fcbsd haha I love it
(DIR) Post #B2WupaAu20IXnpjHSC by sovietfish@todon.eu
2026-01-22T03:04:42Z
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@futurebird @claralistensprechen5th @fcbsd it's a good thing math has a grammar of its own for describing these sorts of sets more specifically!