Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 month agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1459arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1430arrow-down1external-linkYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 month agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremister_flibble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI’m guessing whatever it scraped to generate this was intended for divvying up food rather than doing actual math. 1/3 plus a third of a third is close enough to a half if you’re talking about portioning out pizza or leftovers or what have you.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYep, the difference between .444… And .5 is only .0555… Who notices 5 nintieths of something? That’s going to be within the error of sloppy measuring anyways
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago divvying up food rather than doing actual math. divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.
I’m guessing whatever it scraped to generate this was intended for divvying up food rather than doing actual math. 1/3 plus a third of a third is close enough to a half if you’re talking about portioning out pizza or leftovers or what have you.
Yep, the difference between .444… And .5 is only .0555…
Who notices 5 nintieths of something? That’s going to be within the error of sloppy measuring anyways
divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.