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minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 days agoare they using < as the opposite of +? does this make sense to anyone else? why?
minus-squareKellamity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoThey’re using it as (+0<1), there’s no - here bc that would be + (the other candidate)
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agowell I appreciate the attempt to explain it. still can’t say I grok it. +0<1 just means plus nothing is less than 1 to me, which yeah, 0 is less than one… but I’m too slow or sick today to comprehend the significance it’s supposed to relate. it makes sense to you?
minus-squareKellamity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoI think it means + more than zero but less than one So like, +(between 0.01 and 0.99)
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoTY! that makes more sense than whatever is going on in my head. phlegm vs math
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIs that seriously what they’re saying? Man they’re out of touch!
Meanwhile, NY Times:
The chart is unreadable.
are they using < as the opposite of +? does this make sense to anyone else?
why?
They’re using it as (+0<1), there’s no - here bc that would be + (the other candidate)
well I appreciate the attempt to explain it.
still can’t say I grok it. +0<1 just means plus nothing is less than 1 to me, which yeah, 0 is less than one… but I’m too slow or sick today to comprehend the significance it’s supposed to relate.
it makes sense to you?
I think it means + more than zero but less than one
So like, +(between 0.01 and 0.99)
TY! that makes more sense than whatever is going on in my head. phlegm vs math
Is that seriously what they’re saying? Man they’re out of touch!