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IncRnd
1813 days ago
Some people say "goin der" instead of "going there", that doesn't change the definitions of words, just because people are lazy with their language.
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bidirectional
1813 days ago
I fail to see your point. Floats are best practice for many financial applications, where model error already eclipses floating point error and performance matters.
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ExtraE
1813 days ago
Your point in the floating-point discussion is true, but you’re wrong about this one- linguistics is a descriptive field, not a prescriptive one.
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