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obfuskater

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    Comment #8761572

    Thanks. I like the way they introduce what a proof is in chapter 1, I feel like they have a good, subtle sense of humor. I don't have a mathematical background so it might be a tou…

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    Comment #8761540

    Don't be sorry! I found your comment very interesting and was also surprised to find that there exists a closed-form solution.

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    Comment #8761534

    Was the purpose of this post to help people prepare for interviews? Does code always have to show off one's ability? This code inspired me to learn about Binet's formula and for th…

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    Comment #8761519

    returning int(round(x)) could act as a bandaid for the slight error in the results.

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    Comment #7145747

    Just add more 9's to the divisor to make the pattern work for larger numbers: 1/99998 = 0.00001 00002 00004 00008 00016 00032 00064 00128 00256 00512..

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    Comment #6624786

    It's really mind blowing how it's written entirely in javascript