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    submitted 9 months ago by beta_tester@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] Prok@lemmy.world 63 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I think you meant to put that decimal a bit further left....

    [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 89 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry, yes: 0000000000.10000000000%

    [–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Thanks, it makes more sense now.

    [–] Zoot@reddthat.com -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

    [–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It was a joke, I think

    [–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

    Yeah it was a joke.

    [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

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

    [–] driving_crooner 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

    [–] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

    Very neat! Thank you for that little tidbit.

    [–] AE5NE@lemmy.radio 1 points 9 months ago

    Surely you mean 0.0999999931082% ?

    [–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

    No, they did not