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[–] swnt@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, that means that programmers are NOT single? πŸ˜‚

I think something is missing there

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

As an engineer, listen I want to use metric but the people who build the crap I design want US customary. It’s not my fault not everyone uses the same units, just my country’s

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

pretty simple, gets more fun when electrons and fractions of components are involved

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago
[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is = as an assignment operator funny?

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, to other fields, it looks like an equation.

x is equal to x+1 will make some mathematicians scream.

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I genuinely ROTLF'd here

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

organic chemists: n = PV/RT and Ξ³ = 1 (activity coefficient)