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[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's called rounding, honey. Look it up

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's a hell of a rounding πŸ˜…

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, it's the secret strategy of rounding to five. Not to a multiple of five, but just five.

[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

60% of the time, it works everytime.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

In base five it’s fine!