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[–] finitebanjo 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not sure what sort of point you think you're making but 0.0100110011 in binary is only 0.065% off from 0.3, but how often would you organically encounter 0.3?

Many fractions in decimal are also repeating numbers or very long trailing numbers, I especially encounter a lot when working with time which is base 60.