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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by tim333 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:10AM (#30271725)
I guess also pedantic but say 50.4 rounding to 50 is a 2% change hence it can be a rounding error.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by snovv_crash on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:28AM (#30272992)
Wouldn't 51 rounded to 50 be a 2% change?
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by tim333 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:00AM (#30274207)
Oh yeah bad math 20.4 to 20 is 2%.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by ineedasername on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @10:02AM (#30273402)
No, that would be a 1.96% change.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by itsmejerry on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:32AM (#30274622)
Sounds like a rounding error.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by ineedasername on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:07PM (#30282352)
Well done Jerry, well done.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by snovv_crash on Saturday February 12, 2022 @05:21AM (#30311597)
So you're saying that my 2% was actually 2% wrong?
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