The Magic Number Of Zeroes
A terminal shows repeated parseInt calls on decimals: 0.5 through 0.000005 all return 0, until 0.0000005 finally returns 5, exposing a bizarre JavaScript floating-point quirk. Fits programmer disbelief, absurdity, and feeling betrayed by code.
Good for
- when a coworker swears the code works
- after debugging into a language quirk
- complaining about a weird bug in chat
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