[–] 5 points 6 months ago

I don't have an answer, but I do know that even the Windows version of MySQL Workbench is pretty ass. Probably doesn't hurt to look into something nicer to use.

Sorry for not having an answer for you though.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    It can be both depending on how you handle operator precendence.

    PEMDAS definitely doesn't result in 1, but in 9, since under PEMDAS multiplication and division have the same priority (and thus should resolve left-to-right). So, you should resolve to 9 (6/2(2+1) => 6/2(3) => 6/2*3 => 3*3 => 9).

    However, there's also PEJMDAS, which suggests that implied multiplication has an operator precedence greater than regular multiplication/division (J for Juxtaposition). This version says you should do 6/2(2+1) => 6/(2*2 + 2*1) => 6/(4+2) => 6/6 => 1.

    The issue is that there is no universal agreement on which is correct. Most textbooks don't even use the / operator, but instead rely on writing out the full fraction like ⁶⁄₂₍₂₊₁₎ or ⁶⁄₂(2+1). This removes any ambiguity there might be, and thus they don't touch on which one is actually correct.

    Most (but not all) calculators these days will treat implied multiplication the same as regular multiplication, so you get 9 in the given example. Most programming languages do the same, or outright disallow implied multiplication because it only confuses people. Academics won't ever use the ambiguous notation and will make sure to remove any ambiguity by either adding parentheses or using a notation like ⁶⁄₂₍₂₊₁₎, which makes things much more clear.

    Neither 9 nor 1 is wrong, the question is just stupid.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Not necessarily. Economies adapt over time. The greying of the population doesn't happen instantly, it happens over several decades. Economies have survived such things in the past, and they will continue to do so in the future. Standard of living may change for certain groups, but I doubt this requires poverty.

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