silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoIt Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimesdefector.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1941arrow-down111
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minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoOne of the many random numbers that live rent free in my head lol
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months 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