A floating-point number is really a representation of a rational number that does incorrect simplification after operations with other floating-point numbers.
It's really important to know that FPs just don't behave like normal numbers.
Obligatory reference: floating-point-gui.de
Congestion pricing works. C'mon, cities, follow those few that have tried it: all have found success.
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If you're an open source lover and infrastructure person (aka were roaming the halls of #KubeCon or will find all the storage and data pipeline talks at #ATmosphereConf), @roost.tools is looking for you!
We've got fully remote, Infrastructure Engineering roles now open: roost.tools/infrastructu...
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Soon we may see 1 million more satellites in Earth's orbit. The consequences to astronomy would be devastating.
Fighting for a fair & sustainable use of space for astronomy and humanity — that's Betty Kioko's job as ESO’s Institutional Affairs Officer 👉 www.eso.org/public/blog/...
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one really good piece of advice an old nco gave me was that "anyone who thinks they are smarter than you, you let them keep thinking that until it matters"
For example, in 2025, a successful attack on the GitHub Action reviewdog/action-setup was used to infect the Action tj-actions/changed-files, with an ultimate target of coinbase/agentkit. www.wiz.io/blog/new-git...
Imagine claiming to be a Star Trek fan while expressing disdain for at least 90% of what Star Trek is (and always has been)
