From: C R Onjob Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 17:00:01 +0000 (+0800) Subject: Automatic commit of irc logs X-Git-Url: https://git.ucc.asn.au/?p=ipdf%2Fdocuments.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b25e0294a872da1d96b6b51e1c5a79f9dbdce1c9 Automatic commit of irc logs Don't read any sky-writing for the next two weeks. --- diff --git a/irc/#ipdf.log b/irc/#ipdf.log index 7b71703..8c96306 100644 --- a/irc/#ipdf.log +++ b/irc/#ipdf.log @@ -932,3 +932,26 @@ 21:57 <@matches> SVG defines a "minimum" precision of IEEE binary32 21:58 <@matches> But there's a specification for "High Quality" viewers that have to use binary64 21:58 <@matches> That's probably the only real thing relevant directly to our problem +--- Day changed Thu May 01 2014 +01:23 <@matches> It's May 1st +01:23 <@matches> This means we can no longer say "The Literature Review is due Next Month" +01:23 <@matches> IT'S DUE THIS MONTH +01:23 * matches freaks out +01:23 <@matches> ... but after sleep +01:25 <@matches> Page 12 of my Literature Review by the way +01:25 <@matches> Is the only page I like +16:34 <@matches> The C version of paranoia compiled for me +16:34 <@matches> Not terribly exciting (I have an IEEE 754 compatible processor! Amazing) +22:17 <@matches> W Kahan's website is a very interesting if slightly difficult read +22:24 <@matches> He appears to have written this 80 page pdf in a day +22:27 <@matches> It kind of reads like one of those religious propaganda pamphlets +22:27 <@matches> "Java is the Work of Satan" +22:27 <@matches> "Kernighan-Ritcie C floating-point semantics are the light" +22:28 <@matches> But every so often he has a graph or example that makes him seem less crazy +22:34 <@matches> "And now Java forbits you to mention or use extra-precise long double arithmetic, though IEEE Standard 754 recommends its use and over 95% of computers on desktops have it built into their hardware. You paid for it, but Java denies you its benefits." +22:34 <@matches> Java has long double now right? +22:34 <@matches> Although that JOP I was looking at was just 32 bit +22:36 <@matches> Ah, java.lang.math.BigDecimal +22:37 <@matches> "But be careful with division, because it will throw exceptions if it's like 1/3, then it will be Non-terminating decimal expansion." +22:37 <@matches> That sounds horrifying +22:40 -!- mode/#ipdf [-o matches] by matches