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I'm too afraid to ask (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, yes: 0000000000.10000000000%

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, it makes more sense now.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What? Its the same as .1%, or. 01? .00000000001 would be what you'd want no?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It was a joke, I think

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah it was a joke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I doubt it, looks like a mistake. It's ok to make mistakes, even when they are funny

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a joke, but when exposing a number the number of left digits transmit the confidence you have in your number. 0.1 tells you that the "real" number is 0.1a, where 0 <= a < 5. 0.10000000000 is giving you a lot more information than 0.1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Very neat! Thank you for that little tidbit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Surely you mean 0.0999999931082% ?