…or actually, it doesn’t. A few fans found figures that just didn’t add up. Here they are.
Steven J Pemberton deserves full credit for this finding.
“My bank helpfully reminds me when it’s time to pay my
bill, and normally has no problem getting it
right. But this month, the message sent Today 08:02,
telling me I had to pay by tomorrow 21-Nov was sent
on… 21-Nov. The amount I owed was missing the decimal point. They then apologised
for freaking me out, but got that wrong too, by not
replacing the placeholder for the amount I really needed to pay.
”
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Faithful
Michael R.
levels a charge of confusion against what looks like.. Ticketmaster, maybe?
“My card indeed ends with 0000. Perhaps they do some weird math with their cc numbers
to store them as numerics.” It’s not so much weird math as simply reification. Your
so called “credit card number” is not actually a number; it is a digit string. And
the last four digits are also a digit string.
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Marc Würth,
who still uses Facebook, gripes that their webdevs
also don’t understand the difference between numbers and digit strings.
“Clicking on Mehr dazu (Learn more), tells me:
> About facebook.com on older versions of mobile browsers
> […]
> Visit facebook.com from one of these browsers, if it’s available to download on your mobile device:
> […]
> Firefox (version 48 or higher)
> […]
Um… Facebook, guess what modern mobile web browser I’m viewing you, right now? [132.0.2 from 2024-11-10]
”
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Self-styled
dragoncoder047
is baffled by what is probably a real simple bug in some display logic reporting the numerator
where it should display the denominator (2). Grumbles DC
“Somebody please explain to me how 5+2+2+2+2+2+2+0.75+2+2=23. If WebAssign
itself can’t even master basic arithmetic, how can I trust it teaching me calculus?
”
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Finally
Andrew C.
has a non-mathematical digit or two to share, assuming you’re inclined to obscure puns.
“As well as having to endure the indignity of job seeking, now I get called names too!”
This probably requires explanation for those who are not both
native speakers of the King’s English
and familiar with cryptographic engineering.
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