silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoIt Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimesdefector.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1899arrow-down110
arrow-up1889arrow-down1external-linkIt Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimesdefector.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square81linkfedilink
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·24 hours agoOne of the many random numbers that live rent free in my head lol
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-221 hours agoThere is nothing random at all about that number! It’s the largest number that can be represented by sixteen bits, i.e., (2^16 - 1).
One of the many random numbers that live rent free in my head lol
There is nothing random at all about that number! It’s the largest number that can be represented by sixteen bits, i.e., (2^16 - 1).
Every number is random.
No