7 y/o just asked me if 0 - 0 = -0 and I am absolutely delighted by this question
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@zachleat is it even or odd
@danleatherman who sent you
@zachleat my 7yo
@zachleat they must also think in JavaScript.
@zachleat a question answerable by only the most advanced logicians, philosophers, and JavaScript
@mattdsteele I told him that it was 0.00000000001
@zachleat I’m always impatient around kids, I just want them to get to the floating point
@zachleat love it
@zachleat Just checking you aren't three LLMs in a trenchcoat. Smart kid 🤔
@zachleat I swear I’ve run into -Infinity in a JS context. Makes about as much sense IMO unless I rephrase 0 as “the absence of value” in which case I wonder what math professor was allowed in the room.