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submitted 2 months ago by BB84@mander.xyz to c/memes@lemmy.ml

A microblog post by @kareem_carr saying "as soon as i saw they were using asterisks for multiplication symbols, i knew we were in trouble", with an image from the "Office of the United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)" showing the mathematical formula $\Delta \tau_i = \frac{x_i - m_i}{\varepsilon * \varphi * m_i}$. The formula show asterisks (*) instead of multiplication signs (×).

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[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 64 points 2 months ago

Yeah, asterisk to indicate multiplication is much, much more common amongst coders.

... And script kiddie DOGE interns.

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