Abstract: We introduce an algorithm to compare a binary floating-point (FP) number and a decimal FP number, assuming the “binary encoding” of the decimal formats is used, and with a special emphasis ...

Isn't this the solution to many of the problems of binary floating point arithmetic? After all, this is a strict value of zero. This is a bitwise comparison of binary numbers. This is the absence of ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

For how much time we spend staring at our phones and computers, it was inevitable that we would become… close. And the ...

There are two things most of us want to know on a daily basis—the weather, and what time it is. [Guitarman9119] built a single device that can provide both pieces of information with a pleasingly ...