Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoWe 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-square32fedilinkarrow-up1130file-text
arrow-up1130message-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-214 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoIn programming, for sure. But that’s just the semantics of the language you’re using.
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhat 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.
In programming, for sure. But that’s just the semantics of the language you’re using.
What about this: