Could you get banned from the calculator app?

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Lawrence Finch wrote:

In Calculator 10.6 I get “ERROR"

I got "Not a Number."

That’s the calculator’s version of “Are you my NaN?” 🤭

Maybe I'm about to get banned.....

Me too, but for IEEE floating point dad jokes. 🤪

For those following along at home, the underlying IEEE floating point implementation is where the not-a-number result arises.)

More seriously, the Wikipedia section is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero

And no, this 0 ÷ 0 stuff won’t get an Apple ID banned.

You cannot delete the App Store. It can be restricted in Screen Time so it will not show up on your screen. This is common for parents to not allow children or family members to download apps from the store. You can turn off Screen Time restrictions if you are allowed to and know the passcode if one had been set.

Leniboi643 wrote:

This is the message i got [Not a number]

An answer which would be expected and correct, as “the arithmetic of real numbers and more general numerical structures called fields leaves division by zero undefined, and situations where division by zero might occur must be treated with care. Since any number multiplied by zero is zero, the expression ⁰ ⁄ ₀ is also undefined.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero

The original “banned” report was false. Whether it was intended as a joke, troll, or something else?

AdamMcphie wrote:

I didn’t get that, I got “Error”

Which is the expected result for an undefined mathematical operation.

MrHoffman wrote:

Me too, but for IEEE floating point dad jokes. 🤪

I love dad jokes!

No you didn't. No one has. It was meant as a joke.

Apologies to you, Leniboi643. I think that is the same response I got in Sonoma.

In Sequoia, it's different. And you get a different output depending on what you enter. Any number followed by dividing by zero results in this:

If you try to divide 0 by 0, you get this:

TheAmandalorian wrote:

No you cannot :)

This thread is from early August, so hopefully either everybody already got their answer, or got their Apple Account bricked. 😉

jacon6 wrote:

you can’t

This thread is from early August, so hopefully either everybody already got their answer, or got their Apple Account bricked. 😉

The answer it quite simple, no you cannot, it has no moderation and no rules, you can’t get banned from the calculator app because it isn’t a Form of social media, at most you will get an error, undefined, or Indeterminate

I didn’t get that, I got “Error”

Lawrence Finch wrote:

In Calculator 10.6 I get “ERROR"

I got "Not a Number."

Maybe I'm about to get banned.....

This is the message i got

No that's just a plain little meme. I tested it and got "not a number". Do NOT trust everything you see online.