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Comment by astrodust

> Of all the float-pointing point numbers your computer can represent, a quarter of them lie in [0,1].

Many people think floating point numbers are magically precise. They're not. They're far more accurate at lower magnitudes and precision fades as you work with larger values.

parent astrodust 9 years ago

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