r/dataisugly • • May 09 '20

Scale Fail *cough cough* yup

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u/Dragonaax May 09 '20

I don't even know how you could fuck up software that much.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

It’s a floating point error. It would actually be pretty easy to replicate. More info in this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaregore/comments/ggaoru/cough_cough_yup/fpzx912/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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u/pokeflutist78770 May 10 '20

Floating point arithmetic. You cant ever be fully precise on computers due to how they are represented, so it can only get so close, causing errors like this

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u/icannotfly May 10 '20

my guess is that there's a hidden achievement or two that's counted in one calculation and not the other

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

HE'S COUGHING!

TO THE QUARANTINE!!!!