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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any circle could have its radius technically be 1, as long as you set the units of measurement so that 1 equals the radius of the circle.

[–] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

units? what are those? I never use units, or pay attention to capitals. pure math ftw, baby!

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[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pure math uses units. Like they say "1 unit"

[–] within_epsilon@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Sometimes the units are given cute names like "wiggly waggly units" to make physicists cringe. Acknowledging a unit with cute names when the unit is not important is entertaining.