This thread might have been more interesting if it had of read Connecticut deli meth sign.
The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
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Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Due to my training in parser theory, this hurricane is unnamed.
Due to my training in automata theory, this hurricane may trigger state changes without consuming input symbols.
Which is intuitive since only tornados are known to consume input symbols.
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#63I love math but I find this whole article and the associated jokes pretty contentless and somewhat boring.
Here are a few better ones:
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/1083/do-good-math-jokes-e...
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Less is used when you can't count the object discussed. Fewer is used when you can. "I have 2 moneys" doesn't make sense, so you use "less money." "I have 2 points" does make sense, so you use "fewer points."
I dunno... "Fewer rational numbers" works, but "less real numbers" sounds funny.
I feel like I'm missing a joke here, but you can count real numbers ("the list contains 5 real numbers") therefore it's "fewer real numbers"