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The Xbox brand is very unique because they think numbers go from 0 to 360 to 1.
by astrange 3y ago
The Xbox brand is very unique because they think numbers go from 0 to 360 to 1.
- bravetraveler 3y agoTough to overflow when bound to a loop, I guess
- opportune 3y agoThey do over the domain 360*Z_719
- astrange 3y agoIf it's supposed to be degrees, then since 360==0 doesn't that mean the range is [0,360) so 360 degrees is actually an out of range value for an angle? I've always wondered this but never enough to ask it.
- opportune 3y agoZ_719 is the shorthand for integers in [0, 718], with Z_n typically connotating the algebraic group or ring of integers up to n. In this case 360(Z_719) is an ideal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_(ring_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_(ring_theory)) over that domain. While the ordered sequence of Z_719 is just {0, 1, 2... 718} then wrapping back around to 0, for the ideal 360(Z_719) you get {0, 360, 360*2 % 719 = 1, ...} which is the basis of my joke :)
- ant6n 3y agoIt’s kind of how angles work, tho.
- nashashmi 3y agocorrection: it's not 0. It's null. Null to 360 to One. I think Zero comes after One.
- jkestner 3y agoMicrosoft just switched the unit from degrees to turns. I guess that would make more sense if they were rebranding the 360. To be pedantic, there's no need for "very" in front of "unique", as my spouse is happy to pounce on despite my protests that English is a living language.
- avmich 3y ago> Microsoft just switched the unit from degrees to turns. From days in the year to years, but since Microsoft isn't very good with calendar, they stuck in pre-Julian epoch and have incorrect values. Wonder if I should explicitly put an emoji here?
- accoil 3y agoDropping the "very" would lose some of the sarcasm though.
- failuser 3y agoAnd after one there is “series”. The “X Box Series X” name is so tacky it’s kind of genius.
- umeshunni 3y ago0 to 360 to 1 to S to X