1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby

Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by zests on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:23AM (#25228898)

Those clerics were ahead of their time. They probably would have banned large cardinals as well (infinites so large we can't prove whether or not they exist.)

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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by user-the-name on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:37AM (#25228991)

I think a lot of cardinals around then were quite large, actually.

https://www.alamy.com/portrait-of-cardinal-flavio-chigii-163... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/462252349233672807/

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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by colejohnson66 on Friday November 27, 2020 @12:43PM (#25230784)

Even with the shortened URLs, I just knew this was going to be some reference to the Catholic church’s cardinals

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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by npmisdown on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:38AM (#25229002)

Not sure whether 'large cardinals' phrase in your message is intentional or accidental pun.

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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by teilo on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:32AM (#25228950)

You win the internet, sir.

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