RE: Sometimes my brain just can't see things the way other people do.
October 26, 2014 at 2:22 am
(October 26, 2014 at 2:11 am)Losty Wrote:(October 26, 2014 at 2:04 am)Surgenator Wrote: Your 23-0 vs 24 hours part of the conversation was hilarious.
When you do a subtraction (B-A), your asking how many different values do I need to pass to get to B if I'm starting from A. However, when you ask how many different possible values there are, it is B-A+1. The plus one comes in because you have to include the value you are on.
You just went full algebra. Never go full algebra
What is wrong with algebra? It is a very concise language.
How about a monkey bars example. Lets say the distance between the first monkey bar to the last monkey bar is 5 meters. The distance between each monkey bar is half a meter. So you would think that there are a total of 5/0.5=10 monkey bars, but when you count them, you get 11. WTF? Well, the distance between the first and last bar tells you how many monkey bars you have to swing on to get to the last one. This ignores the monkey bar you're starting, the 11th monkey bar. So when you're counting, you include the monkey bar you were originally hanging on.
