Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In @ Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In @lemmy.world

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How does the physics of the Trump lean work? Are clown shoes the secret?

The fraction 1/3 is a compact and unambiguous representation—it doesn’t rely on an ellipsis or an understanding of infinite series to be interpreted. It can easily be used in later calculations (you never see .... notation in algebra). It is a useful notation.

As soon as you use decimals in computer and human calculations, they become lossy.

I'm not really sure what hill you are trying to die on. Fractions are useful, even if you don't know how to use them.

Your chosen notation solves nothing. Try Representing 3227/555 using 4 trailing dots.

I started here by showing how fractions are useful.

You are the ignorant aggressor, trying to fight centuries of mathematicians by claiming decimals are always better.

In 2023, the pharmaceutical industry spent $383 million on federal lobbying, more than all other industries same in 2024.

Pharmaceutical companies have always spent more on lobbying, spending over $6.3 billion from 1998 to 2025

Thanks

Over the last several decades...

This is systemic.

So, how much will they pay me to opt in?

That's a pretty big article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

Can you be more specific? Then I can confidentiality repeat your fact.

This list also highlights how selfish they are.

Wasn't the problem that their families were part of the protesters? That's why reinforcements from outside the city (without family ties) were called in.

I upvoted you, but a source for that statistic would still be nice.

I'm having a go at the reasoning more than the value. If having matching phones and headphones is important for social status then something is very wrong somewhere.

I'm not arguing they shouldn't have a phone. I'm saying there is absolutely no need to have exactly the same model and headphones.

That's says there is something wrong with their social group.

So you think

0.333.... + 0.333.... + 0.333.... = 1

Is clearer and more concise than

1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1

Fractional representation is the method for rational numbers, particularly if they are part of an intermediate calculation.

Decimals are lossy, fractions aren't.

His running shows a massive error in judgement.

The phone was bought so the friends could match. This implies there is something negative about them not matching.

A discussion about materialism, peer pressure and fashion is what is needed.

This logic is fine for concerts, restaurants etc. but it doesn't stretch to friends having the same model of phone.

3 times 0.333 is 0.999 not 1.

Saying it equals 1 may be a common engineering convention, but it is mathematically incorrect.

There is no failure of notation if fractions are used, which is why I gave this example of usefulness.

No. You wrote .333

If you want to precisely write to infinity you write 1/3.

actually .33333335

Holy fuck. Where did that 5 come from?

Toy Story

Andy