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Idiot Siri

2023-04-05 | Non-Tech | #Words: 77 | 中文原版

Today I accidentally discovered that the Siri calculator on iPad has accuracy issues in calculations, such as integer operations. I don’t know what is ignored.

For example, when calculating the square of 0.4, the result is approximately equal to 0.16 (why is it “approximately equal to”?). Then “1 - 0.4 squared is approximately equal to 0.83 (it is outrageous)”.

0.4^2 approximately equal to 0.16

1 - 0.4^2 approximately equal to 0.83