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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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