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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/promise-2 Alt text This is more commonly known as the median voter theorem. Bonus panel
minus-squareHeuristicAlgorithm9linkfedilink4•edit-21 month agoYou’re probably gonna hate this, but I think it actually matters how you add them up. Cuz think if you add 0 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 3 - 2 + 4… that pattern will always be positive. (And this is assuming we’re only using integers)
minus-square@FooBarringtonlink5•1 month agoAnd this is why I don’t ask the mathematicians in my life to sum up infinite lists of integers anymore. Smh
You’re probably gonna hate this, but I think it actually matters how you add them up. Cuz think if you add 0 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 3 - 2 + 4… that pattern will always be positive. (And this is assuming we’re only using integers)
And this is why I don’t ask the mathematicians in my life to sum up infinite lists of integers anymore. Smh