alt Hacker NewsA lossy compressor might also be useful for common floating point apps. The simplest compressor ever would just chop off a number of bits from the mantissa.
A lossy compressor might also be useful for common floating point apps. The simplest compressor ever would just chop off a number of bits from the mantissa.
Yeah, and also approximating a double (within range) to int32 :)
https://x.com/Densebit/status/1839705674378613043?s=20