Floating-point arithmetic

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• CodexArcanum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I can’t be a number, none of you can!

  (See also cascading nulls)

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• AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  for the math homies, you could say that NaN is an absorbing element

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• WaterWaiver@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In Kerbal Space Program your ships sometimes catch the NaN virus. If one fuel tank level is reading NaN then whatever you do DON’T try and fill it from another (full) tank. I’m not sure if it can spread to physics (thrust, mass, etc) but I presume that it can given that fuel tank mass is calculated based off filled capacity.

  I wonder what would happen if you landed a NaN-infected spaceship on a planet.

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  • Mesa@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s both really cool and very concerning at the same time. I’d be scared to play lol.

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• Kissaki@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s infectious!

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