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Triangulation.

Saved you a click.


Those that read the article might argue that it was a false savings.

You probably don't need the (in)accuracy.

Fix your precision so it matches.

You only need so many significant digits.


Most gamblers prescribe to the cost sunk fallacy and keep 'one more time'ing it to bankruptcy.

Math wins over your feels every time.


If you follow your math, such gambling losers don't really have that much money to bet on an ongoing basis. The ones who support the losing side on prediction markets are the ones who usually do fine, but sometimes are taken by surprise.

Problem gamblers routinely take out loans, mortgage major assets, max out credit cards, and steal from their employers to fund their habits.

Statcon 101: Gambling addicts take loans to gamble, those loans are sold to your pension fund. Who is the loser?

Out of curiosity, are you aware of the existence of Las Vegas, Nevada?

You just need to practice.

Pixel art takes a shit ton of time.


The first hit is free.


That's when you just gotta kill yourself. Can't kill what's already dead.


Compatibleism is when you have both free will and determinism.

What you seem to prefer is libertarianism.


Firefox already feeling more responsive.


LiteStep introduced these in much more interesting ways than explorer ever accomplished. First released in 98, but worked fine in 95 as well.

You could have them in the wharf(preferred IMO) or more standard widget styles.


Into Windows, as it is based on AfterStep and WindowMaker.


Yea, it was based on afterstep. But for Windows. I first used it in Windows 95. Cuz explorer was an unstable piece of junk.


In the spirit of floating points, I'd say posits offer an excellent insight into the trade-offs between precision and accuracy, while being meaningfully representative of a number system rather than some arbitrary functions.


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