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minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours ago “The fraction allows you to communicate length and tolerance in a single number” I don’t see how that isn’t true of decimals, too. 0.1 indicates a precision of 1 digit, 0.12 indicates a precision of 2, 0.120 indicates a precision of three.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoHow do you account for doubling precision? Decimal only records 10-fold steps.
I don’t see how that isn’t true of decimals, too. 0.1 indicates a precision of 1 digit, 0.12 indicates a precision of 2, 0.120 indicates a precision of three.
How do you account for doubling precision? Decimal only records 10-fold steps.