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Re:Floating point error is the least of my worries (2011) by smogcutter on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:07PM (#16434117)
In a funny way, reminds me of football: they'll bring out the chains to precisely measure the yardage... to a spot that was arbitrarily chosen by the ref. The refs do the best they can, but there's often no way they've spotted the ball exactly where the play died. The whole ceremony with the chains is ridiculous.

See also: economics.

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Re:Floating point error is the least of my worries (2011) by wglb on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @09:41PM (#16434775)
Yes, I agree, and have thought about this a bit.

It seems like it effectively reduces to a coin flip choice.

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Re:Floating point error is the least of my worries (2011) by jsight on Thursday February 22, 2018 @04:27AM (#16436371)
I think that is the intent. If its really close then the system turns it into a random outcome with no apparent bias.
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