Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 个月前We tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.message-squaremessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWe tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 个月前message-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前Null and zero are two different things.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前In programming, for sure. But that’s just the semantics of the language you’re using.
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 个月前What about this: Unicorns actually existed but went extinct, that would be a population count of 0. If they never existed and are purely fictional (preposterous!), one could argue their count was null.
Null and zero are two different things.
In programming, for sure. But that’s just the semantics of the language you’re using.
What about this: