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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 14:25:28 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   I think this speedrunning video has a floating point error in it.
   They calculate the number of possible outcomes to a video game mini game as (some other number) and a float32, which they represent as 2**32. BUT the MIPS CPU in the N64 has floats that throw exceptions for the special values.
   So it's not going to include the special floats like INF and NAN! So it's SLIGHTLY FEWER possible outcomes.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 14:26:07 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     This number in the quadrillions is off by, like, a few hundred thousand

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 14:26:44 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     The video, btw: https://youtu.be/Y1l6Xj4PLEk?si=J-wLxiMB0DH4LVXw

   • Dave "Wear A Goddamn Mask" Cochran :donor: (dave_cochran@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 17:25:17 JST Dave "Wear A Goddamn Mask" Cochran :donor:

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     @foone the blue dog one?

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 17:25:17 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Dave "Wear A Goddamn Mask" Cochran :donor:

     @dave_cochran yup