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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I found math in physics to have this really fun duality of "these are rigorous rules that must be followed" and "if we make a set of edge case assumptions, we can fit the square peg in the round hole"

Also I will always treat the derivative operator as a fraction

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 60 points 1 month ago (11 children)

2+2 = 5

…for sufficiently large values of 2

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (8 children)
[–] WR5@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I mean as an engineer, this should actually be 2+2=4 +/-1.

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