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E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN (www.theregister.com)
submitted 8 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the solution here is simple. we just stop recycling altogether. 5 times 0 is 0.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

More like 5 divided by 0 is infinite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

yeahhh i was mostly coping through humor.

[–] CosmicCleric 2 points 8 months ago

English-language logically wise I want the answer to be 5, because there was no division done.

(I get why that doesn't work mathematically.)

[–] woelkchen 1 points 8 months ago

More like 5 divided by 0 is infinite.

Positive infinite or negative infinite?