What about non binary numbers?
Comment on positivity
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoThey’re not negative, thus they’re positive.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 11 months ago
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Those are just complex.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 months ago
It was my understanding that it’s like velocity vs speed. Positive/Negative numbers have a directional component, that is that they are above or below zero. Absolute values, however, lack a direction. They’re a value, but they don’t tell you if the value is positive or negative.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Absolute value shows only distance from the 0 value on the number line without the direction. All distances are positive when viewed without direction.