suppose i have a finite numeric value less than 1 and greater than or equal to 0, like 0.231
i build a loop which, in each step:
- multiplies the value by 10
- drops the integral component so that only the fractional part remains
e.g. 0.231 → 0.31 → 0.1 → 0.
the loop finishes when the resulting value is 0
clearly this algorithm will terminate for any value in decimal space
will it also necessarily always terminate for any value in floating‐point space?
anyway it’s always the sketchy weirdos who make a fuckton of posts on public that get wide reach and a lot of replies, which is not an amplification pattern i particularly appreciate, fediverse
the answer is almost always thst somebody who is a fine person on another instance replied to them, causing the original post to federate with the reply
i don’t defederate from people just because i don’t like them or think they have issues but there are a fair number of regulars on our federated timeline where i am just like “why are you here”
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