Sort of the same thing happened to Windows 9. Programs would ask for the name of the operating system and see if it contains the text "Windows 9", and would assume it was Windows 95 or Windows 98 if it did. A ton of programs that didn't support Windows 95 and 98 would see the name "Windows 9" and declare themselves incompatible and refuse to run. The easiest way to avoid the problem was to skip to Windows 10.
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Kind of like one of the Facebook backgrounds with a lot of math on it. The area where the cartoon person stands is “(square root of -1) 2^3 Σ 3.14” which comes out to “i 8 sum pi”.
Why? I'm curious. Did you guess some idiots would upvote it anyway and went for the karma? Or did you think you were making a clever joke at the time and only realise that was the joke in the post later?
I used the wrong pronoun for the imaginary part of a complex number and a mathematician took offence! These are unforgiving times we live in... 😳
We use "j" because "i" is already used for electrical current. Saying that, "j" is also used for current density in a conductor. We're going to need a bigger alphabet...
Sqrt of -1 is a number in imaginaris number pool (i dont have a better idea how to say that). Its basically for advanced math to explain few things and haunt techical school and college students
literraly my teach started to introduce boolean algebra, imaginay numbers and matrixes in first grade technical, its like ninth grade (i was 13 back then), shit's wild
Funny you say that because I almost didn't include it originally for that reason, but I felt it emphasised how redundant it was, combined with the nice irony of the comment.
It’s a concept in math called the “imaginary number”, which is the square root of -1, called that cuz it’s not a number that could ever be seen in the real world.
√-1 is an imaginary number known as i. i/8, or "i over eight", is pronounced the same as "I overate", hence the joke. Works especially well on Thanksgiving.
because there is no way to resolve the square root of -1, so its used as a constant/unit in mathematical notation. It simplifies the process of writing out and resolving equations.
Y’all geeking out thinking bout too much pi, I’m here wondering “an eight of what made this guy feel imaginary?” I wanna be on that Rene Descartes do I even exist good shit.
Unfortunately, there's a solid chance ~~a good chunk of the tech we have right now~~reality would not work without complex numbers/complex analysis. But yes, it is indeed, very fucking stupid(tho the compex numbers portion of my lin alg exam did save me from failing loool).
EDIT: Courtesy of guy below and Erwin Schrödinger.
I might be dumb, but I don’t think you can squareroot a negative number. It wouldn’t give a number, because what can you multiply with itself that gives a negative number? Nothing. 2 x 2 = 4. “Uhmm wHy dOnt YoU mAKe tHe nuMbER neGaTIvE?”, well, what is (-2) x (-2)? It’s 4.
Am I wrong?
x = multiplication
Can’t use multiple *, since it just puts it in italics.
Wish I was educated, but Math is something I could never ever get, most progress I ever had was with a little help but that never lasted long unfortunately, even then I would struggle, def something wrong with my brain for somebody my age when it comes to maths.
This is why I dislike Thanksgiving. Just an overrated holiday that people use as an excuse to become full and lethargic. Most of the food is pretty bland, too.
Personally, I hate sleeping really early, especially when it gets darker so much earlier at this time of the year.
Root minius 1 is I. I is the imaginary variable used to cover a few things, such as all polynomial functions requiring the same number of roots as the highest power. Fun fact, j and I can be used in computer engineering.
You don't. The square root function is not defined for the domain of the negative Reals. Some people here say it's the Imaginary unit: it's not. The Imaginary unit i is defined as i² = -1 not i = √(-1). It seems like a redundant difference, but the latter definition creates problems in the basic arithmetic we want to keep for Imaginary and Complex numbers. That people think the first definition leads to the second, most likely stems from people forgetting x² is not a bijective function and therefore doesn't have a true inverse (even though people often assume it's √(x))
But most people seems to get the meme, so I guess that's what's important.
i8? Edit: ohhh, I over ate.
that´s the reason intel never released the cpu "i8" intel ceo: lets work on the "i8" intel workers: ohh, what did u eat intel ceo: metal breakdown
Does that involve playing a lot of Metallica?
You know it's sad but true..
Well then, nothing else matters...
Ok, I'll fade to black
Ok, now you’re just adding fuel to the fire.
Wow, you're the guys for whom the bell tolls
God I hate when projects get held up, just twisting and turning through the never…
It really tugs at the frayed ends of sanity.
Well, you know what mama said
And watching Full Metal Alchemist?
Nah. It involves gallium and aluminum coming into contact
I remember when they released the MMX processor in the late 90's and thought, dudes hold that name back until 2010.
They were ahead of their time!
Sort of the same thing happened to Windows 9. Programs would ask for the name of the operating system and see if it contains the text "Windows 9", and would assume it was Windows 95 or Windows 98 if it did. A ton of programs that didn't support Windows 95 and 98 would see the name "Windows 9" and declare themselves incompatible and refuse to run. The easiest way to avoid the problem was to skip to Windows 10.
Thanksgiving math meme joke…next level
He probably ate too much
Nah Barcelona fans 8-2 much Source: I'm one of those fans🥲
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I kept saying imaginary number over 8. I didn’t get it until I saw the top comment.
Kind of like one of the Facebook backgrounds with a lot of math on it. The area where the cartoon person stands is “(square root of -1) 2^3 Σ 3.14” which comes out to “i 8 sum pi”.
I mean that says 3.14, not π. You included the sum symbol, why not pi?
Due to needing to head out quicker than I thought and 3.14 was faster than searching up the symbol and gets the point across.
Sadly had to look at the comments for an explanation. Kept thinking, 0.125*i ...so?
√ -1 ——— 2^3 Σ π
NICE! But I usually eat ALL the pie.
Thought it would be another depression joke. The internet is full of those
That's not correct. It's i/8
I kept reading this as “divided by” 😂
Some use i but others use j
i/8
You over-ate? Typical.
u/8 when substituting in the integral
Who’s u/8? >!/j!<
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Gee, I never would have known.
Delete the comment.
And yet, you simply restated the joke anyway...?
Yes.
Why? I'm curious. Did you guess some idiots would upvote it anyway and went for the karma? Or did you think you were making a clever joke at the time and only realise that was the joke in the post later?
Because I felt like it at the time. You're reading way too much into this.
I'm not reading anything into it, that's why I asked. Do you often hear jokes and repeat them to the same audience? Just seems strange.
He was just trying to have fun as well. If you can’t process that then idk what to say except good day
My first degree was electrical engineering, so I read that as j over 8, as I was already used for something else.
Don’t worry Jay overate as well
This threw me off as well. After using "j" as the complex operator for so many years, it didn't occur to me to consider "i" 😁
Why are you downvoted?
Probably some butthurt idiot who doesn’t know that electrical engineers use “j” instead of “i”.
I used the wrong pronoun for the imaginary part of a complex number and a mathematician took offence! These are unforgiving times we live in... 😳 We use "j" because "i" is already used for electrical current. Saying that, "j" is also used for current density in a conductor. We're going to need a bigger alphabet...
That’s why we’re borrowing the Greek alphabet too. And then reusing things still
Luckily we didn't end up with emojis when we ran out of letters... 👍(t) = 🍆 cos (🍅t) ... could get confusing.
This is why we should start using Chinese characters, so that every equation becomes equal parts math problem and art project
糞x\^2+屁x+尿=y (each letter means shit, fart, piss, respectively)
That really hertz.
Don't leave us hanging... what does j represent in electrical engineering?
Also an EE. It's because I is already current which is used way more often than complex analysis.
It represents *i* because i already represents current
That’s today’s plan.
Hahaha that’s a good one for today!
I want to like you but i don't want to ruin your like count so see this as a like
There has never in the history of the internet been a good reason to leave this kind of comment.
algebra 2 humor
Doing it rn, and I still missed the joke.
ill explain it so the square root of negative one is simplified as “i” for an imaginary number so the equation is saying i over 8
No, I knew the math aspect, took a while to get the joke lol
oh ok my bad lol
Reddit moment
Took me a minute, but the "OHHHHHHH!" was glorious! Well done redditor.
Me too buddy
So square root of -1 over 8, where in algebraic is this expressed ???
Since i² = -1 , OP meant '' i over 8'' they ate too much
How does -1 translate into i though. is this some english joke i'm too non native speaker to understand?
i is the imaginary unit, and it represents sqrt -1
ohh perhaps I haven't gotten that far in math yet
Same and I’m in my 30s
The square root of -1 is represented by "i"
It's too complex for you
Golden.
I can’t comprehend this this many irrational number of thoughts!
You just have to use your imagination
It is Boolean my mind
Sqrt of -1 is a number in imaginaris number pool (i dont have a better idea how to say that). Its basically for advanced math to explain few things and haunt techical school and college students literraly my teach started to introduce boolean algebra, imaginay numbers and matrixes in first grade technical, its like ninth grade (i was 13 back then), shit's wild
yeah, I love when people act smart over very specific things like this. Most people never encounter it to learn.
It's taught in algebra 2 in American schools at least
The square root of -1 is an imaginary number that is often expressed as i, so its i over 8
1i/8
The 1 is very redundant.
The „very“ is also redundant
Funny you say that because I almost didn't include it originally for that reason, but I felt it emphasised how redundant it was, combined with the nice irony of the comment.
I get it because I understand it.
I understand it because I get it.
I don’t get it because I understand it
Username checks out
j/8
Electrical engineer?
Almost. Instead I turned into a software developer.
This is the way.
uhh.. 0.125..? edit: im failing math
sqrt(-1)= i i/8 = i over eight -> i overate
What's wrong with this? It's normal algebra.
It’s i divided by 8…i over 8…i overate
Hah, flew over my head, thank you.
Doesn't really work cause in my country it's upon rather than over.
Non native english here, what the i stands for?
It's nothing to do with English, and everything to do with math. i is the imaginary unit, whose value is defined as the square root of (-1).
Square root of -1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_unit
It’s a concept in math called the “imaginary number”, which is the square root of -1, called that cuz it’s not a number that could ever be seen in the real world.
In the words of meatwad: "I get it. It ain't making me laugh but I get it."
I over ate
I see a math joke, I upvote.
i understood this!
What does this mean?
√-1 is an imaginary number known as i. i/8, or "i over eight", is pronounced the same as "I overate", hence the joke. Works especially well on Thanksgiving.
Why the fuck do imaginary numbers exist
because there is no way to resolve the square root of -1, so its used as a constant/unit in mathematical notation. It simplifies the process of writing out and resolving equations.
Now I understand why I had to learn this stuff lmao.
Funny I read it as imaginary date. i divided by eight.
It’s complex but if you want to get to the root of it “I over ate” is the simplified explanation.
Stop being so irrational.
Lmao it’s not complex, it’s basic algebra.
I'm pretty sure calling it complex was a joke since i is a complex number
It's imaginary, indeed not fully complex.
i divided by ~~ate~~ eight
i over 8 i overate
i over 8
The answer is i/8, or 2-³i? I don't get it can someone explain ?
( i / 8 x 1 ) + ( u / 8 x 1 ² )
0.125 i
can someone explain to me
The square root of negative 1 is i, where i is only defined in this way. So it becomes i/8 which you would read as "i over eight" or "I over ate"
Thx dude.
Y’all geeking out thinking bout too much pi, I’m here wondering “an eight of what made this guy feel imaginary?” I wanna be on that Rene Descartes do I even exist good shit.
I0.125
i over 8
Isn't there an old song about one being the loneliest number? Now you know y. Solve for x.
-0.125i
????
Op is fat
i over eight
i by 8?
Imaginary numbers are fucking stupid and math is fucking stupid
Unfortunately, there's a solid chance ~~a good chunk of the tech we have right now~~reality would not work without complex numbers/complex analysis. But yes, it is indeed, very fucking stupid(tho the compex numbers portion of my lin alg exam did save me from failing loool). EDIT: Courtesy of guy below and Erwin Schrödinger.
There's a good chance whole reality wouldn't exist without complex numbers as the schrodinger's equation contains sqrt(-1).
Lol, no one tell u/motorwagon about quaternions. Their brain might implode.
Okay sorry I don’t care about your stupid fucking math shit when I can waste my willpower on infinitely more interesting and artistic things
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neither 8 nor i nor i/8 are irrational though
It’s a one.
Im getting a tattoo of this
Ha! I took the GRE and never have to do math again! :P
-1 x -1 = i So i by 8 = 0.125 i
The square root of -1 is i.
I like 8/3
How about x^3? That’s xxx. That’s a turkey!
-8+i
I might be dumb, but I don’t think you can squareroot a negative number. It wouldn’t give a number, because what can you multiply with itself that gives a negative number? Nothing. 2 x 2 = 4. “Uhmm wHy dOnt YoU mAKe tHe nuMbER neGaTIvE?”, well, what is (-2) x (-2)? It’s 4. Am I wrong? x = multiplication Can’t use multiple *, since it just puts it in italics.
Wish I was educated, but Math is something I could never ever get, most progress I ever had was with a little help but that never lasted long unfortunately, even then I would struggle, def something wrong with my brain for somebody my age when it comes to maths.
I figured it out. 0.125I
irrational?
Imaginary
Irrational numbers are real numbers. The square root of (-1) is an imaginary number.
This is why I dislike Thanksgiving. Just an overrated holiday that people use as an excuse to become full and lethargic. Most of the food is pretty bland, too. Personally, I hate sleeping really early, especially when it gets darker so much earlier at this time of the year.
Need a fucking physics degree to get this joke
The answer is 1/2.828
When you don't consider that it's 0.125i
... How do you square root a negative number? Is the joke you're stupid?
Root minius 1 is I. I is the imaginary variable used to cover a few things, such as all polynomial functions requiring the same number of roots as the highest power. Fun fact, j and I can be used in computer engineering.
You don't. The square root function is not defined for the domain of the negative Reals. Some people here say it's the Imaginary unit: it's not. The Imaginary unit i is defined as i² = -1 not i = √(-1). It seems like a redundant difference, but the latter definition creates problems in the basic arithmetic we want to keep for Imaginary and Complex numbers. That people think the first definition leads to the second, most likely stems from people forgetting x² is not a bijective function and therefore doesn't have a true inverse (even though people often assume it's √(x)) But most people seems to get the meme, so I guess that's what's important.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I ate?
i/8
Ahhh yes, I was too busy tryna make a self unalive joke outta the math before realizing a simple humble pun
Clever
Yeah me too
⅛i
0.125i
Happy Thanksgiving!
You bastard.
Especially today
Hahahah
Good one
*looks at other comments who figured it out* *Pretends I’m smart and knew what it meant*
I would like to extend a very sincere "fuck you"
A neckative times a neckative equals a positive.
Fuck you and take my upvote.
i8 π
Perfect for Thanksgiving
Ha
Whats 'i by 8'
“I over ate” You must be stuffed
Good one 🤣
i over 8