Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down127
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comObelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squareHereIAm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours ago“A common mistake is to think division is prioritised above multiplication” That is what I said. I said it’s a mistake to think one of them has a precedence over the other. You’re arguing the same point I’m making?
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours ago I said it’s a mistake to think one of them has a precedence over the other And I said it’s not a mistake. You still get the right answer. You’re arguing the same point I’m making? No, I’m telling you that prioritising either isn’t a mistake. Mistakes give wrong answers. Prioritising either doesn’t give wrong answers.
“A common mistake is to think division is prioritised above multiplication”
That is what I said. I said it’s a mistake to think one of them has a precedence over the other. You’re arguing the same point I’m making?
And I said it’s not a mistake. You still get the right answer.
No, I’m telling you that prioritising either isn’t a mistake. Mistakes give wrong answers. Prioritising either doesn’t give wrong answers.