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near zero (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"small but non-zero" is one of my favorite phrases 😅

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I like Paul Erdős's usage of "epsilon" to refer to children

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i mean, mathematically speaking, every number that isn't zero, is further away from zero, than the number before it.

So there is a point to the statement of "approaching zero" as well "near zero" and "about zero" since 100 probably isn't about zero.

Also CS nerds would like to fight you about floating point values.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Whoa slow down there buddy. Proposing numbers before numbers like they are a given.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Trivial

[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer are led into a long room. At the other end stands a beautiful naked woman. "When I ring this bell," she says" you may cross half the space between us. When I ring the bell again, you may again cross half the space between us." Both the mathematician and physicist groan and wander off. "Ah, it's Zeno's paradox, we can never actually reach her." The engineer, waiting for the bell, says "I think I can get close enough."

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (10 children)

why is there a naked woman?

[+] [email protected] -8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Only straight men are mathematicians, physicists and engineers. This is why the joke is framed this way.

See: responses from OP, valiantly defending his choice to "piss people off", instead of noticing the joke is just yet another reminder that men are default.

After all, sexism is over, and STEM isn't hostile to women/non-heteronormative people. It's all in our head.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hi there friend, I am here to inform you that many woman also like the titty. Gay girls exist my friend, and the gender of the three professionals is never specified.

I'll assume ya ain't trying to be homophobic my buddy but I hope you keep that in mind for future refference.

Edit racism comment was another guy, sorry, very tired

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

I’m not going to spend much time engaging with your comment because you didn’t read mine well.

I did not mention race.

I included mention of gay folks (see non-heteronormative). The “joke” doesn’t work unless the stem major desires being very close to a naked woman, so I don’t find your mention of gay men to make sense.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What a .ml tier comment lmao

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yay we got instance racism in lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When they can learn to behave themselves and stop giving the dumbest takes in every discussion, they can have my respect back.