I know you are joking, but it seriously pisses me off how short and selective everyone's memory seems to be nowadays.
When I was growing up in the early 2000's, it was a running political joke that the 2000 election was stolen/miscounted, and that the 2004 election was sullied because Walden O'Dell, CEO of Diebold, the people who manufacture the voting machines, held a 2003 fundraiser for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, which was a flagrant conflict of interest.
Additionally, in 2003, Diebold had all of their hardware/software specifications leaked before the election.
https://web.archive.org/web/20031008132304/http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59925,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20031009131908/http://www.salonmag.com/tech/feature/2003/09/23/bev_harris/index_np.html https://web.archive.org/web/20031002222108/http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00036.htm
But whatever, that was then, we don't use Diebold for voting machines anymore.
Instead we use Dominion voting machines,
The fact that normies cannot, or will not, remember this shit really makes me think there may actually be some truth to NPC theory.
When I heard that the voting database was using floating point field data, I didn't need to know anything else. Those fuckers were designed to cheat. You don't use floating point to count integers unless you're planning to alter the counts by percentages.
When I heard that the voting database was using floating point field data, I didn't need to know anything else. Those fuckers were designed to cheat. You don't use floating point to count integers unless you're planning to alter the counts by percentages.
Someone mentioned this earlier, but I am a poetry fag, not a math fag.
What is a floating point?
On a computer, a variable is like a container that holds a value. When working with numbers, we need to choose between two types: integers (whole numbers) and floating point numbers (numbers with decimal points). This matters because computers handle these types differently.
Integer Variables:
An integer is a whole number like 1, 42, or -10. They're great for counting things—like people or items—because they’re simple, use less memory, and are faster for the computer to process.
Floating Point Variables:
A floating point number includes decimals, like 1.5, 3.14, or 0.0001. These are used when precision is important—such as in measurements or scientific calculations. But they take more memory and are a bit slower for the computer to handle.
Why the Difference Matters:
Having both types lets computers be efficient. Use integers when you only need whole numbers—like counting votes, users or items—and floating point numbers when you need decimals.
Why Not Use Floating Point for Counting votes:
Using floating point numbers to count things like votes is a bad idea. They can store numbers imprecisely, sometimes showing values like 99.999999 instead of 100. This tiny error can cause big problems in databases, where accuracy matters. That’s why counts should always use integers—they’re not just faster, they’re more reliable.
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