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On the flip side - who cares? It's just a question of shunting data around - ok someone could add a format specifier somewhere and it would be neater. But there
by mangecoeur 7y ago
On the flip side - who cares? It's just a question of shunting data around - ok someone could add a format specifier somewhere and it would be neater. But there's no particular harm in it either.
- nixpulvis 7y agoSending more data than you need is bad for two reasons. 1. It implies more precision, which in many cases is a flat out lie. Savvy users will know to truncate, round or something, but others will be lead astray. 2. It takes more space to represent. If the engineers storing double precious floating points had asked themselves if they needed to be sending these out at such a high resolution, they may have been able to cut the storage of these things down 50%. Though yes, there are probably bigger issues to worry about. Doesn't mean we should outright dismiss these points.
- drewolbrich 7y agoFrom a graphic design/UX perspective, it looks subjectively worse for no benefit. As a developer, I would happily do the 5 minutes of work to determine how many digits were appropriate and display only those digits to minimize the visual noise.