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FactChecker reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability? with
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There is a certain level of probability which is so close to 0 that if you did observe it then you would think that your theory was... -
FactChecker replied to the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability?.Would you say it is "possible" even if the probability of it happening in the past life of the universe is minuscule?
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability? with Like.
Or, a fair coin coming up heads 200 times in a row. Or, a pack of cards being randomly shuffled into a given configration. Even these...
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Making the denominator of a certain fraction real with Like.
##zz^*## is always real.
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FactChecker replied to the thread Making the denominator of a certain fraction real.I don't know how much complex analysis you have had. If you just want to multiply by something to make the denominator real, notice...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86.So "Office Space" was fiction??!? It sure seemed realistic to me. :-) (Don't it feel good to be a gangster?)
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FactChecker reacted to rcgldr's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Like.
Do web search for "banks required to use decimal math in the US", and you will find explanations. I'm aware that the government...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Programs Where did all the “fundamentals-deepening” master’s programs go?.In every subject, at every level, the curriculum is designed to cover what is needed to succeed at the next level.
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FactChecker reacted to berkeman's post in the thread B Effect of mass on the acceleration of an elastic pendulum? with Like.
Holy smokes! I've never seen that before.
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Effect of mass on the acceleration of an elastic pendulum? with
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FactChecker reacted to rcgldr's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Informative.
Financial institutions are required by law to perform the math in decimal. Cobol typically does this using packed decimal (BCD). This...
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FactChecker reacted to Svein's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Informative.
x86 assembler relies on a lot of keywords. Here is part a conversion routine I wrote many years ago. Title IBM Color Graphics...
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FactChecker replied to the thread B Here's a Statistics problem for game of Polo (or Hockey if you like).You can look to see if outliers are present in the winning teams.
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FactChecker replied to the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86.Ha! If anything identifies you as a hard-core purist, that statement does! I'll be interested in how that goes. :smile:
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FactChecker reacted to elias001's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Like.
@Mark44 I really appreciate the offer. I want to first trying it out writing assembly with the Masm32 SDK and emu8088 emulator first...