• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
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    I suspect the person you responded to understood the context, but was cheekily calling out the “technically incorrect” usage of ±

    The ± symbol requires a tolerance value to create a defined maximum and minimum range, e.g 300±20 (so Soran could be anything between 280 and 320)

    it doesn’t mean “approximately”

    But I understand this is just an inconsequential funny picture, so whatever right.

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      it doesn’t mean “approximately”

      They should have wrote ~300 if they wanted approximately 300.

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        Well, that part at least I don’t think is necessary. It’s a parody of a dating app, and it seems from searching screenshots the real app doesn’t have units either - just the number.

        Which is just fine, because the number next to someone’s name being their age is clear from context.