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[-] [email protected] 173 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What about plain old x = -10?

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

[-] [email protected] 121 points 1 month ago

Isn't that the joke?

[-] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago

That's what he wrote, I imagine.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

It is, but with imaginary numbets

[-] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago

i² = -1 so...

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

10 * i^2 is -10.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Nothing gets past you eh?

[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month 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] 9 points 1 month ago

That was my immediate thought too.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Boooooring

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