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dmitrygr
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It's School time: Adventures in hacking an old Kin...
4 significant figures on weather temperature is kind of funny to look at. Must be some very accurate forecasts
mobilemidget
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I was just here to write the same thing :) imagine it being 0.01 degrees too warm or cold
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alnwlsn
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Reminds me of those times I work with temperature sensors which report in eighths of a degree. 3 decimal places to give less than one decimal place of precision. You can round, but somehow that doesn't feel right.
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FlyingSnake
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I did that on purpose. My daughter is learning decimal place value system in school and I thought it would be a cool Easter Egg for her.
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