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Key insights on IEEE 754 floating point numbers-Marcos Pereira
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Floating Point Visually Explained
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Floating point numbers aren't weird | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
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| | [AI summary] The article explains that IEEE 754 floating-point numbers are not inherently weird but are specialized tools, and encourages programmers to explore alternative number representations like decimals and posits for more general-purpose computing needs.
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Floating Point Demystified, Part 1
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| | Author's note: this article used to be called "What Every ComputerProgrammer Should Know About Floating Point, part 1". Some peoplenoted that this was perh...
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Compression and Kolmogorov complexity | Annoying Precision
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| This is a post I wanted to write some time ago; I've forgotten why, but it was short and cute enough to finish. Our starting point is the following observation: Theorem 1: Universal lossless compression is impossible. That is, there is no function which takes as input finite strings (over some fixed alphabet) and always...