Comment on Limericks

wrig9547@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• kogasa@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s common to just use “log” in pure math, since nobody uses the base 10 log.

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  • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And everyone just uses “log” in CS because noone cares about the base.

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  • hobovision@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fair. Logs are natural unless otherwise specified. You wouldn’t put log(37) if you wanted base 10, you’d do log_10(37).

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• Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Instead of “Is the log” maybe you could say “Is nat-log”?

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  • theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or just pronounce it “lawn” like all my calculus instructors did

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    • Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That one is weird to me, but maybe just because I’ve never heard it.

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      • randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I hear it pronounced as “lawn” all the time and it pisses me off to no end. Be thankful that you don’t hear it.

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  • kn0wmad1c@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “is natty log of the cube root of e”

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