Comment on One of those days

wizzor@sopuli.xyz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s absolutely stupid if you’re talking about a number that can be represented exactly in both notations.

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  • wizzor@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Unless the course or assignment is specifically about fractions.

    At least I was thought to use the same format for results as the assignment.

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  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Calculators can make decimal easy and fractions hard when doing it yourself fractions are much easier it’s an anti-cheat of sorts

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    • piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah… because you cant just calculate the decimal from fractions with a calculator…

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• railway692@piefed.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only if that requirement is explicitly stated in the question.

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• baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  what is normal about that stupid requirement?

  i played those stupid games and got my As but fuck do i not miss those online grade math sites

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• stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Calculators can make decimal easy and fractions hard when doing it yourself fractions are much easier it’s an anti-cheat of sorts

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  • expr@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Modern calculators can switch modes between decimal and fractions. It’s pretty irrelevant.

    Also, someone may do the problem themselves using any number of means that involve decimals. Or maybe they simply prefer to write in decimal. Either way, the program is simply wrong.

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  • OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I heavily doubt this is the reason. It would fail so many honest users while catching a few cheaters. And the cheaters could easily avoid getting caught by using the correct mode on a decent calculator.

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