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It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes (defector.com)

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One of the many random numbers that live rent free in my head lol

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

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).

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Every number is random.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No

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