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Can someone here check my math? On an euc (electric unicycle), the motor has to exact the same amount of torque onto the wheel+tire...

At my first job in 1973, on a multi-computer multi-tasking database server using HP 2100s, the system had the advantage that it was...

Putting this into perspective. In 2001, quantum computers were able to factor 15 into prime numbers 3 and 5. As of 2025, they haven't...

Do web search for "banks required to use decimal math in the US", and you will find explanations. I'm aware that the government...

In 2001, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandated "decimalization" for all U.S. stock markets (xx 3/4 becomes xx.75)...

Current Macs are using ARM M1 and M2 processors (an ARM processor is essentially VHDL that becomes part of the main chip that also...

Financial institutions are required by law to perform the math in decimal. Cobol typically does this using packed decimal (BCD). This...

I have about 25 Windows console mode X86 64 bit assembly only programs, generally math oriented stuff.

In the case of RISC-V, they've added Galois field instructions to speed up erasure code (RVV), and some have pre-fetch instructions...

X86 instruction set is a moving target. As suggested by others, start off with what a C compiler generates. Advanced stuff like AVX512 +...

I started programming in 1968, using punched cards. There were several batch editors for text files stored on a disk drive at the...