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Moola
Aug 16, 2006

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Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

I'd replace them with other decimals

Xenocides
Jan 14, 2008

This world looks very scary....


Fractions seem an adequate replacement.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
pi is 3 and a bit

Suspect A
Jan 1, 2015

Nap Ghost
it was me. i killed all the decimals

Alucard
Mar 11, 2002
Pillbug
If we didn't have decimals no numbers would be real.

Hatsune Mike
Oct 9, 2013

just fractions all the way down

Moola
Aug 16, 2006

Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:

I'd replace them with other decimals

No you can't do that!

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Moola posted:

No you can't do that!

It's been done

Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy

I would replace them with periods or dots, hth

Xenocides
Jan 14, 2008

This world looks very scary....


Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:

I would replace them with periods or dots, hth

Periods are messy and we do not need more of them.

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

what if i told you decimals dont really exist in the world we currently live in

ANUSTART
Jun 26, 2013


ur jiri3-pax(PAD)-ra2 al-tukur2?-re
gu-du-ni an-na-ab-be2
a-ra-/ab-gig-ga\-[(X)]-e-ce


- Wisdom of the ages.
i have 256 dollars to my name now ?? hm

Moola
Aug 16, 2006

you've made a powerful enemy this day

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Moola posted:

you've made a powerful enemy this day

I've washed my hands of it

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
Just round up, it all comes out in the wash. I support this initiative

Moola
Aug 16, 2006

Who What Now
Sep 10, 2006

by Azathoth
Decimals more like dickimals

Xenocides
Jan 14, 2008

This world looks very scary....


This man will be upset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8

Fallows
Jan 20, 2005

If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.
You wouldnt be able to hear anything sadly

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Who What Now posted:

Decimals more like dickimals

Reported

Small Gay Planet
Aug 2, 2019

by Fluffdaddy

Who What Now posted:

Decimals more like dickimals

heh penisimals heh heh

Alucard
Mar 11, 2002
Pillbug
Hexadecimal instead

Beartaco
Apr 10, 2007

by sebmojo

Suspect A posted:

it was me. i killed all the decimals

Try to be discrete about it!

BIG FLUFFY DOG
Feb 16, 2011

On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.


There's a group called the Dozenal society that wants to replace our entire counting system with base 12 because it has more factors so I guess maybe that

Small Gay Planet
Aug 2, 2019

by Fluffdaddy

BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:

There's a group called the Dozenal society that wants to replace our entire counting system with base 12 because it has more factors so I guess maybe that

gently caress ‘em up, kill ‘em, burn the bodies, ravage their lands

Private Cumshoe
Feb 15, 2019

AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH

BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:

There's a group called the Dozenal society that wants to replace our entire counting system with base 12 because it has more factors so I guess maybe that

I think they're just incest lovers who want to cover up for their children's genetic defects

Everyone should have 12 fingers :jerkbag:

null_pointer
Nov 9, 2004

Center in, pull back. Stop. Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop.


Library of Congress hitsquad forming up :mad:

nullEntityRNG
Jun 23, 2010

Mostly pseudo-random.
Commas, obviously. It makes you stop and think about the impact of each factional element of a whole number.

grillster
Dec 25, 2004

:chaostrump:
Everything would be in scientific notation

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy
Dewey never would have invented a racist library classification system, so that's a net gain at least

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

Hatsune Mike posted:

just fractions all the way down

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
but fractions cant do stuff that the decimal system can like .3333 repeating

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy

gary oldmans diary posted:

but fractions cant do stuff that the decimal system can like .3333 repeating

isnt that just 1/3

i dont do math so there might be some deep reason its not?

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

gary oldmans diary posted:

but fractions cant do stuff that the decimal system can like .3333 repeating

you could argue they do it better

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
uh if i do something like .333333 repeating over 5 then im still using the decimal system even if im also using fractions. learn a book morans

Mr. Dick
Aug 9, 2019

by Cyrano4747

numberoneposter posted:

what if i told you decimals dont really exist in the world we currently live in

Mr. Dick would tell you that's a natural consequence of atomism

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

so would this be like uhhhh a 1 base system???

im a math idiot

is it even possible to ONLY have whole numbers? like IRL you can always just use different values to describe whatever but it seems like math just falls apart

Small Gay Planet
Aug 2, 2019

by Fluffdaddy

numberoneposter posted:

what if i told you decimals dont really exist in the world we currently live in

what if i told you math was a construct and it only exists in human brains as a stained reflection of the real world

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gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005

numberoneposter posted:

so would this be like uhhhh a 1 base system???

im a math idiot
base-1 is counting
7 in base-10 would be writen as 1111111 in base-1

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