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Counterpoint: when talking or skimming text, the exact number is often not especially important to most of the audience, but the most significant digit or two a
by Zak 5y ago
Counterpoint: when talking or skimming text, the exact number is often not especially important to most of the audience, but the most significant digit or two are.
If there are 123 new covid cases in the cycling club, I'm not going to the meeting; it's not because of the 3 or the 20.
- geoduck14 5y ago>If there are 123 new covid cases in the cycling club, I'm not going to the meeting; it's not because of the 3 or the 20. Are you skipping because bicycles are SUPER popular during the pandemic and you don't want to fit into the crowd?
- nailuj 5y agoTo know the magnitude of the most significant digit, you have to scan the whole number anyways. Looking for this info at the end of the number would be just as natural if you were used to it.
- jacobolus 5y agoYes, number representation should be floating point with the magnitude written at the front.