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A comment on Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer.

Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by evv on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:13AM (#18525944)
Talk about floating point precision!
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Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by yk on Sunday November 25, 2018 @05:05AM (#18526240)
"Can someone mop up the memory leak?"
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Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by ykampittaja on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:45AM (#18526829)
Reminds me of a discussion I heard:

Customer: the phone complains memory is full. Rep: ok there is probably a memory leak. Customer: no, it cannot be leaking since it is full!

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Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by std_throwawayay on Sunday November 25, 2018 @05:13AM (#18526253)
No point, only float.
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Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by ilikehurdles on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:25AM (#18525974)
Wonder if it has a heat sink.
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Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by _Kristijan_ on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:02AM (#18526075)
And if it's air or water cooled
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Re:Vladimir Lukyanov's hydraulic computer by ignoramous on Sunday November 25, 2018 @06:08AM (#18526412)
Or, if moon's gravitational pull flips the bits.
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