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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 174 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

What about plain old x = -10?

-10 ^ 2 = 100
-10 ^ 3 = -1000
-10 ^ 5 = -100000

[–] [email protected] 121 points 10 months ago

Isn't that the joke?

[–] [email protected] 67 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's what he wrote, I imagine.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is, but with imaginary numbets

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

numbet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

numberwang

[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago

i² = -1 so...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nothing gets past you eh?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

people being pedantic showoffs doesn't really register as humor for me, TBH

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

That's true, the OOP is being quite snarky with their comment on a post where someone's had a genuine basic doubt

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

10 * i^2 is -10.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

That was my immediate thought too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Boooooring