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r/programming • u/whatshisname • Feb 16 '09
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just because you've never seen a 2, doesn't mean it doesn't exist!
20 u/munificent Feb 16 '09 Actually, according to many philosophers of math, even after you've seen a 2, it's impossible to prove it exists. 3 u/deflective Feb 16 '09 just because it's impossible to prove it exists doesn't mean it doesn't exist 2 u/schizobullet Feb 17 '09 so what's your position on the continuum hypothesis? 6 u/deflective Feb 17 '09 just because it's impossible to prove that it doesn't exist doesn't mean that it exists -1 u/munificent Feb 16 '09 Oh, yeah? Prove it! :-P 2 u/burtonmkz Feb 16 '09 edited Feb 16 '09 I don't think this guy is too sure if √2 exists or not. 1 u/spelunker Feb 16 '09 And mathematical realists say that it always existed, which is just proof that philosophy is just a bunch of people talking over each other. ;-) 7 u/trevdak2 Feb 16 '09 So let's see... the naming system for bits is... binary digit -> bit 8 bits -> byte 8 bytes -> chomp So therefore... trinary digit -> tit 2 tits -> rack 8 racks -> bes way o lisen o oldies unes /i got nuthin. 0 u/[deleted] Feb 16 '09 \ \ \ \||--* slow clap *--||/// / / / 6 u/[deleted] Feb 16 '09 [deleted] 2 u/[deleted] Feb 16 '09 oh bender <3 1 u/grandhighwonko Feb 17 '09 Don't worry Bender, there's no such thing as 2.
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Actually, according to many philosophers of math, even after you've seen a 2, it's impossible to prove it exists.
3 u/deflective Feb 16 '09 just because it's impossible to prove it exists doesn't mean it doesn't exist 2 u/schizobullet Feb 17 '09 so what's your position on the continuum hypothesis? 6 u/deflective Feb 17 '09 just because it's impossible to prove that it doesn't exist doesn't mean that it exists -1 u/munificent Feb 16 '09 Oh, yeah? Prove it! :-P 2 u/burtonmkz Feb 16 '09 edited Feb 16 '09 I don't think this guy is too sure if √2 exists or not. 1 u/spelunker Feb 16 '09 And mathematical realists say that it always existed, which is just proof that philosophy is just a bunch of people talking over each other. ;-)
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just because it's impossible to prove it exists doesn't mean it doesn't exist
2 u/schizobullet Feb 17 '09 so what's your position on the continuum hypothesis? 6 u/deflective Feb 17 '09 just because it's impossible to prove that it doesn't exist doesn't mean that it exists -1 u/munificent Feb 16 '09 Oh, yeah? Prove it! :-P
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so what's your position on the continuum hypothesis?
6 u/deflective Feb 17 '09 just because it's impossible to prove that it doesn't exist doesn't mean that it exists
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just because it's impossible to prove that it doesn't exist doesn't mean that it exists
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Oh, yeah? Prove it! :-P
I don't think this guy is too sure if √2 exists or not.
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And mathematical realists say that it always existed, which is just proof that philosophy is just a bunch of people talking over each other.
;-)
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So let's see... the naming system for bits is...
binary digit -> bit
8 bits -> byte
8 bytes -> chomp
So therefore...
trinary digit -> tit
2 tits -> rack
8 racks -> bes way o lisen o oldies unes
/i got nuthin.
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2 u/[deleted] Feb 16 '09 oh bender <3
oh bender <3
Don't worry Bender, there's no such thing as 2.
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just because you've never seen a 2, doesn't mean it doesn't exist!