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[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

[–] huginn@feddit.it 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but two non-parallel linear functions only intersect once.

... Which is less often than a clock.

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what your reality is capable of perceive

[–] huginn@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

It's a tautology that non parallel linear functions don't intersect more than once. It's in the definition.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Unless it's a 24 hour clock!