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Recently, I was shopping for a hard drive at a big box store and tried to filter by capacity ... (lemmy.world)

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I'm not even sure how many chickens I can fit on my current hard drive, but it's probably more than the number of persons I can fit.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think I understood logarithms to some extent when I was in college ... 25 years ago ... but even if I still remember how they work, my brain's not getting there tonight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

log 0 goes to -infinity, so the operation is illegal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, thank you for explaining, but I guess now you have to be placed under arrest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So it goes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this a Vonnegut reference?

If so, I can't respond positively enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, Slaughterhouse Five.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are an individual of quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why me?

That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?

Yes.

Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Poo-tee-weet.