fabriek

Mind blown

Like 25 Jun 2022 at 9:14 | Open on octodon.social

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It's like 'lending' 1000 virtual electrons from the vacuum and returning them at the end.

25 Jun 2022 at 9:36 | Open on scholar.social

fabriek

@SylviaFysica I don't really understand this but it sounds dangerous

25 Jun 2022 at 10:01 | Open on octodon.social

@fabriek it feels almost like one of those assembler optimisations but for people

(Division is slow so invert and multiply):(Subtraction is slow so invert and add)

25 Jun 2022 at 9:41 | Open on octodon.social

TrechNex

@fabriek that both confuses and frightens me 😂

The way I did it in my head:
436-300=136
300-267=33
136+33=169

25 Jun 2022 at 9:57 | Open on mstdn.social

fabriek

@TrechNex Here are four methods that were discussed in the presentation

25 Jun 2022 at 10:00 | Open on octodon.social

Vftdan

@fabriek
x - y = x - y + 1000 - 1000 = x + (1000 - y) - 1000

26 Jun 2022 at 11:50 | Open on mastodon.ml