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[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 144 points 4 days ago

People don't know how to use greater-than or less-than symbols

[-] na_th_an@lemmy.world 73 points 4 days ago

If you read it aloud it doesn't sound right, but from a mathematical perspective it's saying the number of steps per day should be less than 500, which I think is the intention of the writer, no?

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

500 greater then steps per day

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

500 > steps_per_day

Unfortunately I don't think we have enough information to solve for steps_per_day , though I assume it is also >= 0 .

So we can make an educated guess that

500 > steps_per_day >= 0

[-] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 44 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes that's the intention but they got the order wrong, it would make more sense if it was written as ateps/day < 500

[-] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

It's so wrong it underflowed into somehow being right again.

Unusual? Sure. Mathematically? Right.

[-] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That’s if you interpret the text as being part of the equation

[-] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 13 points 4 days ago

x>5 <=> 5>x 🤓

[-] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago

People don't know how to use greater-than or less-than symbols

It’s correctly used in the text.

Number of steps < 500 is equivalent to 500 > number of steps.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

I was thinking that. Seems to work to me, the wide end is the bigger number and 500 is more than your steps per day

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 12 points 4 days ago

It's a bit weird, but imo not wrong. 500 > steps/day or steps/day < 500 is the same. As long as the big end of the < or > is at the 500 it makes sense. It only doesn't make sense if you literally read 500 > steps/day as "five hundred greater than steps a day" instead of parsing it as math.

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Only reason it's so jarring is the context has people parsing the whole list as language and they weren't expecting to have to abruptly parse a mathematical expression.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago
[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Nope, it's wrong lol

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

They where busy... walking?

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