▲ 991 ▼ Don't do the forbidden math (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 100 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) Now I really want to know what this person did to get this. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) ✓-1 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Huh, I was expecting my phone's calculator to return i, but it just says it's undefined. You'd think imaginary numbers should be supported, but I guess not. Maybe some phone calculators do, and some don't? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, the Android calculator says, "Keep it real". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh wow, that's a nice touch. I love when devs do things like this to amuse themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's kind of funny, but also not a great user experience. If you're familiar with complex numbers, then you're left annoyed that it won't perform the computation. If you're not familiar with complex numbers, then you don't get the joke and it's not a helpful error message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nogrub@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago mine just says can't divide by zero :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Iiiiih... permalink fedilink source parent [+] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Wall hacks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) ✓-1 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Huh, I was expecting my phone's calculator to return i, but it just says it's undefined. You'd think imaginary numbers should be supported, but I guess not. Maybe some phone calculators do, and some don't? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, the Android calculator says, "Keep it real". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh wow, that's a nice touch. I love when devs do things like this to amuse themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's kind of funny, but also not a great user experience. If you're familiar with complex numbers, then you're left annoyed that it won't perform the computation. If you're not familiar with complex numbers, then you don't get the joke and it's not a helpful error message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nogrub@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago mine just says can't divide by zero :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Iiiiih... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Huh, I was expecting my phone's calculator to return i, but it just says it's undefined. You'd think imaginary numbers should be supported, but I guess not. Maybe some phone calculators do, and some don't? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, the Android calculator says, "Keep it real". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh wow, that's a nice touch. I love when devs do things like this to amuse themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's kind of funny, but also not a great user experience. If you're familiar with complex numbers, then you're left annoyed that it won't perform the computation. If you're not familiar with complex numbers, then you don't get the joke and it's not a helpful error message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nogrub@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago mine just says can't divide by zero :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paholg@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, the Android calculator says, "Keep it real". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh wow, that's a nice touch. I love when devs do things like this to amuse themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's kind of funny, but also not a great user experience. If you're familiar with complex numbers, then you're left annoyed that it won't perform the computation. If you're not familiar with complex numbers, then you don't get the joke and it's not a helpful error message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nogrub@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago mine just says can't divide by zero :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh wow, that's a nice touch. I love when devs do things like this to amuse themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's kind of funny, but also not a great user experience. If you're familiar with complex numbers, then you're left annoyed that it won't perform the computation. If you're not familiar with complex numbers, then you don't get the joke and it's not a helpful error message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's kind of funny, but also not a great user experience. If you're familiar with complex numbers, then you're left annoyed that it won't perform the computation. If you're not familiar with complex numbers, then you don't get the joke and it's not a helpful error message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but if you're familiar with complex numbers, you also will have or know how to get a better calculator. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nogrub@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago mine just says can't divide by zero :( permalink fedilink source parent