Comment on positivity

MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re not negative, thus they’re positive.

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  • MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What about non binary numbers?

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    • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those are just complex.

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• Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Technically true, but they are always graphed in positive quadrants.

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