• wischi@programming.dev
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    29 days ago

    0/0 is undefined because everything would be a valid result. 0/0 is basically finding solutions for 0*x=0 and everything you put into x would satisfy the equation.

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      29 days ago

      Thank you! I’ve always wondered what the answer would be and why. 0 divided by a number is 0. A number divided by itself is 1. A number divided by 0 is undefined. I never knew which one took precedence and why

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      29 days ago

      This doesn’t clearly identify a problem IMO. Division by a number is defined as multiplication by the multiplicative inverse, and 0 has no multiplicative inverse because 0x = 1 has no solutions.

  • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.works
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    29 days ago

    Bit stupid we’re still calling video gaming having “no life” when it’s substantially more fulfilling than pretending to have a life you don’t for fake internet points from fake internet friends on fake internet communities. I’ve met plenty of interesting people and developed lasting relationships gaming. And it’s stimulating mentally depending on the genre. Meanwhile, I go out to social settings and see half the people sitting alone, posing with food and drinks and doing nothing but staring at their phones. Some life.

  • AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.works
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    As if a life could sprout from nothing once the work ends.

    Some people pour their lives into work/school to try to make a new, better life grow out. It almost worked there for a bit. Then everything was killed in 2018 and now nothing can grow back in spite of all my efforts.

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    29 days ago

    Is could be argued that 0/0=1
    since x/x=1
    Subbing in x=0 gives the above.

    Complicating things is x/0=infinity
    Subbing in x=0 gives a contradictory answer.