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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This, this shit is why I would never have made a mathematician.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

You say that but every time you make a void function that takes no arguments all the mathmaticians in a 12 mile radius combust.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's why in python you should never write 0 when False is clearly the superior choice.

[1, 2, 4, 5][False]

1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

That not even the best

[1,2,3,4,5][-True]

>>> 5

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about solving 0/0 formulas in calculus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you talking about L'Hôpital's rule? Or something else I'm not aware of?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep that one. Funny, my courses were in french and we wrote it hospital rule while you just went ahead with the full french word, accent and all.