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analog31
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Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-...
The universe runs on IEEE floats. The missing matter and energy are due to roundoff error. We pray to the great NaN in the sky.
defrost
7 hours ago
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I'd subscribe to your religion but for the division.
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nomel
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Division? Our productorial sect believes the universe does not have such a useless operation. Multiplication by fractions is the true implementation of the NaN one!
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defrost
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That sounds a bit shifty.
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