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  • 4
    Saw this on reddit, didn't know what it meant there either. Is this a precision joke? The english being broken doesn't help.
  • 5
    @Demolishun I think it's valid english, like "Look what they need in order to mimic a fraction"
  • 1
    @12bitfloat look 'into' what they need to mimic a fraction.

    look at , etc
  • 7
    Ok here is what I think the joke is:

    We need floating point numeric types like Float and Double to represent (mimic?) fractions and Mathematicians find it pathetic because something like 1/3 gets ugly.

    The joke is kinda lame because it‘s quite easy to represent fractions with custom types accurately and it‘s obvious that floating point types are a compromise of performance and utility, not just for fractions.

    It‘s a bit like making fun of how integer types are limited to a specific range.
  • 3
    @Demolishun Ehh, maybe it's missing a comma
  • 0
    Yup we can always create a custom class, storing the enumator and denominator separately, on construction. Implement the math operations ourselves. But what's the point? Unless you are making a math tutor app for students.
  • 3
    @Demolishun it's a direct quote from invincible with part of the text blacked out, it's just colloquial speech
  • 2
    Oh boy, @-red. This one's for you!
  • 1
    @scor
    Rip in peace @-red 😭
  • 1
    @notroot
    You should have told me.
  • 1
    @scor XD Felt a change. Lost root access recently.
  • 0
    @notroot
    I feel you.
    But you really scared me there.
    Gotta chroot into that baby, I assume?
    Or had you hardened your system?
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