• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    I like this sentence from the paper linked at the end of the article:

    We show how to implement arithmetic […] that is correct, even by the standards of naive users.

  • mikumiku@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    I was asking my friend if they want to do code a calculator with me then I realized it’s much harder than it looks.

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    3 days ago

    “Psht I’ll never use maths in real life”, maths in real life:

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    3 days ago

    I am always deeply enthralled when math and comp-sci unite to yield an elegant result, where my definition of elegance is: efficient + minimal.