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IEEE 754 (cdn.fosstodon.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24332731

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Omni-Man looking at the IEEE 754 Single Precision Floating-Point Standard and saying "look what they need to mimic a fraction" with the rest of the meme whited out
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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s useful to know that floats don’t have unlimited precision, and why adding a very large number with a very small number isn’t going to work well.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah but you don't really have to think about how it works in the background ever time you deal with that. You just know.

    You learn how once and then you just remember not to do that and that's it.

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