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Re:What Even Is a Number? by qubex on Thursday February 21, 2019 @03:18AM (#19215342)
“Tangible” means touchable and has a Latin root; “tangere” still means “to touch” (though somewhat archaic) in my native Italian. That same Latin root is why we call linear equations that share the gradient of a given curve evaluated at the point where they cross to be “tangential”.

Look, we could go on with this all day. What’s your point? To show your terminology and grasp of topics is greater than mine? Is this some kind of passing match? Because I’m really not interested in these schoolyard antics.

Re:What Even Is a Number? by Nomentatus on Thursday February 21, 2019 @01:14PM (#19219083)
So, how do you pinch a democracy, physically? By avoiding answering my point in my last message, you're still caviling. One progresses to the end of a conversation by honestly answering the points made, and you aren't interested in doing that.