Aaah, got it. So if I see something like "5-(2+4)" I will just remove the subtraction operator and call it a day. Smartman on the internet said so. 🥴
Also casual reminder not everyone on the internet is a native english speaker. Everyone but you knew what was meant.
Well yes, however intuitively there should be photons smashing into it even if nobody is observing it.
The safest format I can think off would probably be mp4, with h264 for video streams and mp3 for audio streams. Unless you go for ancient technology basically anything should be able to open those files.
Why should anyone do that, an implied multiplication is the normal thing you learn in (I think?) somewhere between 5th to 7th grade. You only add an operator if it's something else. It's as basic as PEMDAS.
Finally a worthy opponent for Mexican Chili.