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		sva_ on Jan 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 9999999999999999.0 – 9999999999999998.0 > What's really surprising is that this number is only ~16 million in single precision floats Half of all floats are in [-1, 1].

edflsafoiewq on Jan 11, 2024 [–]

Any real number type must have this property is you expect 1/x to work correctly.

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