Re:Ask HN: What is the funniest bug you encountered?
by troymc on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:05PM
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For some reason, in some astrodynamics calculations, I multiplied by r^2 rather than dividing, and since r was on the order of 10^8, the answer was off by 32 orders of magnitude.
(Yes, I now know about changing the units so that the numbers aren't so big; this was before I understood all that.)
(Yes, I now know about changing the units so that the numbers aren't so big; this was before I understood all that.)