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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This sequence approximates an integer to arbitrary precision, not 8 specifically though, and never perfectly.

I tried it out using other bases, and the rule seems to be that doing this in base n results in n-2 with remainder n-1. So it doesn't ever actually converge, but the remainder becomes small very fast.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    never perfectly

    eyes you in binary

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