alt Hacker News1 + 1 = 3 (for sufficiently large values of 1)
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Taek • today at 4:54 PM
I thought you were making a joke but if we're assuming that the 1's are being rounded or truncated before the final value cake is produced I guess you are right.
1 + 1 = 3 (for sufficiently large values of 1)
I thought you were making a joke but if we're assuming that the 1's are being rounded or truncated before the final value cake is produced I guess you are right.
It helps if you take the limit of 1 going towards 1.5.
Most 1s won't go towards 1.5, but sometimes you're lucky.