2026-08-02 11:33 UTC
@bemmesr@mathstodon.xyz
"Google Pixel's calculator app the answer is ‘9’" - programmers who have forgotten the rules of Maths 🙄 https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719
"then you can't deny that the confusion is pervasive" - did you miss the bit where I said confusion on socials doesn't matter one iota?
"are we simply to ignore it?" - yep! Just like you should ignore AI. Did you notice the common theme here yet?
"they all get the same result" - which, as I said, means you'd have to do it for + and - as well!
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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social 2026-08-02 11:33
@bemmesr@mathstodon.xyz Did you know the Windows calculator in Standard mode says 2+3x4=20? "I will use as many brackets as necessary" - do whatever you want. The rules of Maths will stay the same. No-one wants to write 10 times as many brackets when none of them are needed "As for brackets being new, this isn't really an argument" - and how do you think it was written before we started using brackets? And do you think anyone was confused about it? 😂 "less ambiguous, over time" - it was NEVER ambiguous