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I guess I'm being pedantic, but as a percentage of a whole, isn't 2% not a rounding error by definition?
by root_axis 5y ago
I guess I'm being pedantic, but as a percentage of a whole, isn't 2% not a rounding error by definition?
- vmception 5y agoit’s a fraction …. as long as we are using whole numbers
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- usrusr 5y agoThose satellites are small but not infinitesimally small. So yeah, I'd say them going down in whole number units is a safe bet.
- p1mrx 5y agoIt is if you're rounding to the nearest 5%.
- shswkna 5y agoSomeone driving a venture, that is trying to become profitable will disagree.
- z3t4 5y agoWith the same logic you could say that covid was a rounding error. Human lives are more valuable then satellites though
- skohan 5y agoThis level of pedantry is one of the things I appreciate about HN
- verytrivial 5y agoHN"."
- imdsm 5y agoThat was a verytrivial correction.
- Seb-C 5y ago"very trivial"
- 01acheru 5y agoThe parent username is verytrivial, so I think we can accept the humour and let it go without splitting, don't you agree?
- Seb-C 5y agoWhat makes you think that my comment wasn't humorous?
- joshspankit 5y agoProbably subjectivity.
- 01acheru 5y agoI was just pushing the pedantry forward ;)
- sam_goody 5y agoThanks. I could tell it was a joke but didn't get it.
- tim333 5y agoI guess also pedantic but say 50.4 rounding to 50 is a 2% change hence it can be a rounding error.
- snovv_crash 5y agoWouldn't 51 rounded to 50 be a 2% change?
- ineedasername 5y agoNo, that would be a 1.96% change.
- itsmejerry 5y agoSounds like a rounding error.
- ineedasername 5y agoWell done Jerry, well done.
- snovv_crash 5y agoSo you're saying that my 2% was actually 2% wrong?
- tim333 5y agoOh yeah bad math 20.4 to 20 is 2%.
- ineedasername 5y agoDepends on the order of magnitude you're working with.