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Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by _cbsz »

bdr wrote: post #7
_cbsz wrote: post #3

Maybe I'm just getting incurably academic, but I think "I found a bug!" is not nearly as interesting as "I found a bug!" and one of: 1) It affects millions of people! 2) It affects large amounts of money! 3) It is a great example of a new or rare class of bug. Here's how you can avoid introducing similar bugs into your code! Here's how we can detect these things automatically! etc. Here, the only thing that springs t…

What about: 4) It's not obvious how this bug could happen! Let's think about it!

Well, apparently, it was obvious. AFAICT, no one has come up with a better explanation than using IEEE floating point where bignums should be used, which I pointed out in my original comment.

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by randallsquared »

jacquesm wrote: post #28
unalone wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing about 4chan is that there's no order. That means not even chaos is an absolute must. Pictures of transsexuals and underage girls and people covered in fecal matter go alongside programming jokes, debates about Obama, and discussions of existentialism. This was closer to the latter. I don't go on 4chan often - once or twice a year at most - but when I do, it's to get that completely random mix of things all…

I think I could have done without those mental images, thank you.

The ability to ignore and avoid thinking about certain things is essential when visiting 4chan. If you practice, you can read sentences like the above without having mental images of the described event. More advanced filters can prevent you from thinking about it with imagery even after seeing something you wish you hadn't seen. ;)

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by mid »

_cbsz wrote: post #3

Maybe I'm just getting incurably academic, but I think "I found a bug!" is not nearly as interesting as "I found a bug!" and one of: 1) It affects millions of people! 2) It affects large amounts of money! 3) It is a great example of a new or rare class of bug. Here's how you can avoid introducing similar bugs into your code! Here's how we can detect these things automatically! etc. Here, the only thing that springs t…

BTW, bing does it right: http://www.bing.com/search?q=999999999999999+-+9999999999999...

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by jacquesm »

randallsquared wrote: post #32
jacquesm wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I could have done without those mental images, thank you.

The ability to ignore and avoid thinking about certain things is essential when visiting 4chan. If you practice, you can read sentences like the above without having mental images of the described event. More advanced filters can prevent you from thinking about it with imagery even after seeing something you wish you hadn't seen. ;)

Impressive. I find that extremely hard, it's like things play on an internal monitor that I'm forced to watch and can not ignore no matter how much I want to.

I run a webcam site and over the years we've had some pretty weird stuff happening there and I really wished I had not seen any of that.

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by randallsquared »

jacquesm wrote: post #34
randallsquared wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ability to ignore and avoid thinking about certain things is essential when visiting 4chan. If you practice, you can read sentences like the above without having mental images of the described event. More advanced filters can prevent you from thinking about it with imagery even after seeing something you wish you hadn't seen. ;)

Impressive. I find that extremely hard, it's like things play on an internal monitor that I'm forced to watch and can not ignore no matter how much I want to. I run a webcam site and over the years we've had some pretty weird stuff happening there and I really wished I had not seen any of that.

Unfortunately, I cannot tell you exactly how to develop this ability, because I only discovered I had it by trying, but I remember not having the ability to NOT think about a pink elephant, so it can be developed. Somehow. :)

Edit: Apparently rms knows how; see his comment.

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by rms »

jacquesm wrote: post #34
randallsquared wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ability to ignore and avoid thinking about certain things is essential when visiting 4chan. If you practice, you can read sentences like the above without having mental images of the described event. More advanced filters can prevent you from thinking about it with imagery even after seeing something you wish you hadn't seen. ;)

Impressive. I find that extremely hard, it's like things play on an internal monitor that I'm forced to watch and can not ignore no matter how much I want to. I run a webcam site and over the years we've had some pretty weird stuff happening there and I really wished I had not seen any of that.

This is probably a good place to start learning that ability. http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/mindfulness_in_plain_eng...

When I read those sentences I didn't even come close to thinking about underage girls, girls covered in fecal matter, or underaged girls covered in fecal matter. ;)

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by jacquesm »

rms wrote: post #37
jacquesm wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Impressive. I find that extremely hard, it's like things play on an internal monitor that I'm forced to watch and can not ignore no matter how much I want to. I run a webcam site and over the years we've had some pretty weird stuff happening there and I really wished I had not seen any of that.

This is probably a good place to start learning that ability. http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/mindfulness_in_plain_eng... When I read those sentences I didn't even come close to thinking about underage girls, girls covered in fecal matter, or underaged girls covered in fecal matter. ;)

Hey man, I have a hard enough time getting my head wrapped around learning (in no particular order) django, python and lisp right now :)

But I appreciate the pointer and I've filed it for future reference.

One thing though, my 'vivid imagination' really comes in to its own while reading books, I literally see the scene in front of me as though completely immersed in it.

Re: 999999999999999 - 999999999999997

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Post by eru »

bd wrote: post #16
unalone wrote: post #9

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I was curious as to what caused this. Posting to HN seemed like the fastest way to get an answer.

Interestingly, you also created a top Google result for this search term (indexed in around 10 minutes): http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls...

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