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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by evanb on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:25AM (#25228905)
On a log scale 1 is also halfway between 0 and infinity.
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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by klodolph on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:58AM (#25230336)
On a log scale, all numbers are equally distant from 0 and infinity. 1 is no more “halfway” than 10, or 13, or 1/95.
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