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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

987654321 / 123456789 ≃ 8

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Except... that it doesn't. Serious question: am I OOTL on a joke?

Edit: I totally missed that it was an approximately sign. Derp.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's 8.0000000729, which approximates to 8. Why do you think it doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably didn't notice it doesn't say "equals". It's easy to overlook the wavy part.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Do you work in a field where 7*10^-8^ differences matter? Cause most fields I know don't mind an error margin that small (granted I don't know a lot)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, yup! I totally missed the approximately sign.

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