CWed for length. "Viral Math Problem?"
So, I tend to watch Youtube before I go to sleep and I often watch various videos on STEM topics. I also (As you can see) am a fan of gaming videos.
However, that's not the point here.
In what fucking world is 6/2(1+2) a VIRAL math problem? That's *simple fucking math*. Did no one learn the order of operations? Am I stupid here? We got the 1+2=3, 6/2=3, 3*3=9. Nine. The answer is Nine.
I had to watch it to make sure I wasn't stroking out. That there wasn't some deeper aspect to the question.
There is. Apparently the order of operations and current convention on math has changed since 1917. However, the crux of it seems that some people just don't understand how equations are formatted in modern mathematics.
CWed for length. "Viral Math Problem?"
@Surasanji There's an image here, though not quite sure what it is? Is there a description I'm missing?
CWed for length. "Viral Math Problem?"
@cambridgeport90 Click show More. There's a biiiig post, too. :)
CWed for length. "Viral Math Problem?"
@Surasanji I was trying to figure out why there was a warning. Thanks, though.
CWed for length. "Viral Math Problem?"
@cambridgeport90 YEah, general Mastodon convention on servers with text limits like ours is to use the content warning for length. A good rule of thumb is more than 1k characters.
CWed for length. "Viral Math Problem?"
@Surasanji Good call? I wonder whether or not I shouldn't think about that? Then again, I'm going to be stuck with the default character limit … that's either until I learn Ruby, or somebody on my team does.
