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1/0 = 0
Disclaimer 2024-12-02 Since this rant is going viral again (again (again)), some disclaimers: I wrote this six years ago to “”“win”“” an ugly Twitter fight. I’m glad I anonymized the inciting tweet and hope I’m the only person still getting grief over this. The core interesting bit— why it’s mathematically valid to…
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On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2018 | 1/0 = 0 by ingve | 650 | 570 |
| Dec 1, 2024 | 1/0 = 0 (2018) by revskill | 135 | 231 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 12 Hacker News comments by 12 different people, from Aug 2018 to Dec 2025.
Most recent:
- tensegrist · Dec 27, 2025
- mkl · Jul 11, 2025
- Ndymium · Oct 11, 2024
- rsaarelm · Jul 24, 2024
- archargelod · Nov 26, 2023
- discarded1023 · Aug 11, 2023
