HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoI have a 64-bit genderlemmy.mlimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1475cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.worldprogrammer_humor@programming.dev
arrow-up1475imageI have a 64-bit genderlemmy.mlHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.worldprogrammer_humor@programming.dev
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoMy gender is e, which can be represented by neither integers nor floating points.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoCan it be expressed or represented approximately in IEEE-754 form?
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·edit-22 months agoAlways approximated, never truly represented 😞
minus-squareLegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 months agoUnless your encoding has a special value that, by definition, is euler’s constant :p
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoGood point. Specifically code point U+2107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ℇ
minus-squareReginaPhalange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNo taxation without approximation!
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoEverything can be represented approximatively. e = π = 3
My gender is e, which can be represented by neither integers nor floating points.
Can it be expressed or represented approximately in IEEE-754 form?
Always approximated, never truly represented 😞
Unless your encoding has a special value that, by definition, is euler’s constant :p
Good point. Specifically code point U+2107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ℇ
No taxation without approximation!
Everything can be represented approximatively.
e = π = 3