beta_tester@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoI'm too afraid to asklemmy.mlimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down124
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minus-squareProk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up63·11 months agoI think you meant to put that decimal a bit further left…
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up89·11 months agoSorry, yes: 0000000000.10000000000%
minus-squareHabahnow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28·11 months agoThanks, it makes more sense now.
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·11 months agoWhat? Its the same as .1%, or. 01? .00000000001 would be what you’d want no?
minus-squareCosmicomical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI doubt it, looks like a mistake. It’s ok to make mistakes, even when they are funny
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 months agoIt’s a joke, but when exposing a number the number of left digits transmit the confidence you have in your number. 0.1 tells you that the “real” number is 0.1a, where 0 <= a < 5. 0.10000000000 is giving you a lot more information than 0.1
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoVery neat! Thank you for that little tidbit.
I think you meant to put that decimal a bit further left…
Sorry, yes: 0000000000.10000000000%
Thanks, it makes more sense now.
What? Its the same as .1%, or. 01? .00000000001 would be what you’d want no?
It was a joke, I think
Yeah it was a joke.
I doubt it, looks like a mistake. It’s ok to make mistakes, even when they are funny
It’s a joke, but when exposing a number the number of left digits transmit the confidence you have in your number. 0.1 tells you that the “real” number is 0.1a, where 0 <= a < 5. 0.10000000000 is giving you a lot more information than 0.1
Very neat! Thank you for that little tidbit.
Surely you mean 0.0999999931082% ?
No, they did not