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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·6 hours agoTrillions of dollars to develop a calculator that’s wrong sometimes.
minus-squaresetsubyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down23·6 hours agoI mean, most calculators are wrong quite often
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 minutes agoNo, the user is wrong quite often, the calculator gives the answer to the question asked, not the answer to the question the user wanted to ask. Garbage in, garbage out.
minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 hours agoI’ve never seen a calculator being wrong, and I’m genuinely curious what you’re talking about.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-229 minutes agoOnly when people use the wrong input, garbage in and garbage out. In the same vein I can’t think of any instance where excel had calculated things wrong unless there was a fault in the formula that I made.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agohttps://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160628-00/?p=93765 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agothis one is just wrongerer
Trillions of dollars to develop a calculator that’s wrong sometimes.
I mean, most calculators are wrong quite often
No, the user is wrong quite often, the calculator gives the answer to the question asked, not the answer to the question the user wanted to ask.
Garbage in, garbage out.
I’ve never seen a calculator being wrong, and I’m genuinely curious what you’re talking about.
Only when people use the wrong input, garbage in and garbage out.
In the same vein I can’t think of any instance where excel had calculated things wrong unless there was a fault in the formula that I made.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160628-00/?p=93765
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
this one is just wrongerer