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		tedunangst on June 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm the guy who bought 259684 Bitcoins for under $... Doubles are capable of accurately and precisely representing 16 digit decimal numbers.

JeffL on June 22, 2011 [–]

Not 10^100 + 0.0000000000000001

tedunangst on June 22, 2011 | [–]

A 116 digit number is not a 16 digit number.

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