Julia EvansJun 21, 2023

delighted to announce that my new zine "How Integers and Floats Work!" is out today!

You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/integers-floats/?utm_source=mastodon

It explains all of the surprising facts about how your computer does math, and it was SO fun to write.

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Show threadJulia EvansJun 21, 2023
and here's the table of contents for How Integers and Floats Work! I'm really happy with the side by side layout of this one
Show threadJulia EvansJun 21, 2023
Reminder: if you’re in a country where $12 USD is a lot of money, I’ve set up purchasing power parity for “How Integers and Floats Work” — if you go to https://wizardzines.com/zines/integers-floats/?utm_source=mastodon, you should see a special discount for your country.
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Show threaddprk_ebooksJun 21, 2023
@b0rk
Have you done a primer for fixed point arithmetic? I felt like an actual wizard when I learned how to do it back in the day (no fancy floating point coprocessor you see, so floating point operations were expensive)
Show threadJulia EvansJun 21, 2023
@dprk_ebooks yeah there's a page on fixed point arithmetic in the zine! (though it's not super in depth)
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@b0rk
You're so amazing 🤩
Jun 21, 2023 at 11:07pmWeb