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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”.

  No it doesn’t. It falls under adults forgetting the rules of Maths.

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• themagzuz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  on that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences

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  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    People try and use commas for this sort of clarification and are eviscerate for it.

    With these sort of math problems, the rules are taught early and then all subsequent math is written in an unambiguous form.

    Language has the oddity of going the other way around where the rules get more complex as a display for advanced skilled.

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      eviscerated
      God, can you even spell???
      Get your act together.

      /s

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  • Gsus4@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My language teachers always told me it was bad form to use too much or even to nest parenthesis…

    Then I found lisp…

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    • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lost In Stupid Parenthesis.

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  • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We have them in written language, though?

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  • gamer@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Isn’t that basically what commas are for?

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  • KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why (I don’t see) not

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  • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    lojban.org/…/section-parentheses.html

    Also xkcd.com/191/. Also vlasisku.lojban.org/xekce. Also www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv0QIbGc8i8.

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