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Re:Show HN: box2d-jquery - physics-engine for your DOM by jasin on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @05:19AM (#4903915)
However, different binaries may generally yield slightly different results due to compilers ordering floating-point operations differently, for example.
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Re:Show HN: box2d-jquery - physics-engine for your DOM by franze on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @05:22AM (#4903923)
like schrödingers cat for physics engines? but with the difference as long as it is the same box, the outcome is always the same?
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Re:Show HN: box2d-jquery - physics-engine for your DOM by lucian1900 on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @06:12AM (#4904070)
That is what physics engines tend to aim for. Some even guarantee portably stable results.
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Re:Show HN: box2d-jquery - physics-engine for your DOM by alxbrun on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @11:14AM (#4905100)
What happens to the Heisenberg principle ??? :P
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