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>If a calculator works great 99% of the time you could not use that calculator to build a bridge. That's happened before with far higher correctness rate than
by the_snooze 1y ago
>If a calculator works great 99% of the time you could not use that calculator to build a bridge.
That's happened before with far higher correctness rate than 99%, and it cost Intel $500M. Reliability and accuracy matter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug