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Re:Data scientists need to learn about significant digits by dmd on Monday December 25, 2023 @07:02PM (#38767560)
The point isn’t how you store them. The point is how you display them.
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Re:Data scientists need to learn about significant digits by defrost on Monday December 25, 2023 @07:30PM (#38767764)
Relative to the quality of the instrumentation chain.

I've heard that some on this site do spend time measuring plate drift and correcting for atmospheric path distortion on long soak GPS base stations (that spend months recording GPS data for a fixed position to smooth out satellite and path error).

Your point stands though, there's no sense displaying drama digits that lack meaning in context.

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