Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square130linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comObelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square130linkfedilink
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThis kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”. Use parenthesis and the problem goes away. https://xkcd.com/169/
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-226 days ago This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”. No it doesn’t. It falls under adults forgetting the rules of Maths. Use parenthesis and the problem goes away There is no problem, other than adults who have forgotten the rules.
minus-squaremagz :3@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoon that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoPeople try and use commas for this sort of clarification and are eviscerate for it. With these sort of math problems, the rules are taught early and then all subsequent math is written in an unambiguous form. Language has the oddity of going the other way around where the rules get more complex as a display for advanced skills.
minus-squaregamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.
This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”. Use parenthesis and the problem goes away.
https://xkcd.com/169/
No it doesn’t. It falls under adults forgetting the rules of Maths.
There is no problem, other than adults who have forgotten the rules.
on that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences
People try and use commas for this sort of clarification and are eviscerate for it.
With these sort of math problems, the rules are taught early and then all subsequent math is written in an unambiguous form.
Language has the oddity of going the other way around where the rules get more complex as a display for advanced skills.
This is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.