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[–] [email protected] 184 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

What about plain old x = -10?

-10 ^ 2 = 100
-10 ^ 3 = -1000
-10 ^ 5 = -100000

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago

i² = -1 so...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly you're right, why overcomplicate the problem like the Reddit comment did? I guess that's just typical Reddit thinking that being pendantic and using lots of fancy words and long explanations makes you smart.

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

Nah just boiler plate autism.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nothing gets past you eh?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

people being pedantic showoffs doesn't really register as humor for me, TBH

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

That's true, the OOP is being quite snarky with their comment on a post where someone's had a genuine basic doubt

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

10 * i^2 is -10.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

of course, but this problem is solvable without any understanding of complex numbers, and 10*i^2 is a really clunky, multi-operation expression whereas -10 is just an integer.

simplifying one's answers is standard practice and any grader who received the answer in the OP would be obligated to point out that while technically correct, they're missing the basic fact that the answer is -10.

The Rube Goldberg comment is apt as the solution is absurdly complicated and overengineered for the task it performs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yes that's what the thing you are looking at is built upon.

[–] [email protected] 120 points 3 months ago

Isn't that the joke?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Boooooring

[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's what he wrote, I imagine.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is, but with imaginary numbets

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

numbet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

numberwang

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

That was my immediate thought too.