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Representations other than the standard IEEE-754 can store floats in arbitrary precision.

A bad application can still open unencrypted connections. Imagine a shoddily written game with a chat function.

okay? others are in the market for a car

I see that as wishful thinking. HN has always been very much right leaning. I very much doubt much has changed.

Maybe it'll lead the US burying their power lines

Keyloggers would be considered a form of fraud, right? Customers can be protected by not allowing rooted phones which may contain malware and steal credentials, but then again Wind…

I can spin up a NAT puncher today without having to depend on anybody. Can't say the same for IPv6.

Acrobat Reader was called "Adobe Reader" for a good number of years.

Europe is west of the US

This is just not accurate.

It's smart to explore your options.

We're talking about the right to life here and you're trivializing that.

Yes. There are a lot of factors that cause price increases but it's convenient to blame it on the workers.

Collusion is NOT a prerequisite to raising prices. No conspiracy is required. It also helps a lot that these large corporations have driven out their competition.

Go is garage collected

Different currencies already have different rules. Any good accounting software isn't going to assume US cents. Update your currency table to include a version of USD in increments…

> One company’s product lead pointed to thick traffic and unreliable public transportation. Another transplant cited the city’s 100-plus-degree heat, in what was one of the city’s …

It's a sad state of affairs when somebody feels compelled to do this much work to determine why a pedestrian bridge (that connects two neighborhoods) needs to exist.

The plane question stated the plane was `over` the park which implies it is not in the park. If the question instead said `through` the park, the answer would differ.

Many industries don't have many manufacturers or operate on different regions. You get an illusion of choice at the grocery store, but many times the a single factory produces prod…

Maybe I'm dumb, but why would you need to copy an immutable value?