Post Ao3o1ezMINLLyWINay by bitnacht@bitbang.social
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 (DIR) Post #Ao3o1bYf3BCnKqmW48 by trouble@masto.ai
       2024-11-14T06:52:18Z
       
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       @kenshirriff a friend of a friend worked for the company that Intel decided to not hire (again) to prove that their float math unit was correct. I can try to put you in touch if you are interested in the human side of things.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ao3o1cXzNAGIP3TUem by bitnacht@bitbang.social
       2024-11-14T06:43:13Z
       
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       @kenshirriff Minor as it may be: it was easy to create horribly wrong results and led to the urban slogan “Don't divide! Intel inside.” #pentiumbug
       
 (DIR) Post #Ao3o1ezMINLLyWINay by bitnacht@bitbang.social
       2024-11-14T06:55:14Z
       
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       @kenshirriff Some even went as far as to call the #intelInside sticker a warning label. But when you think back to the olden days of NCR, you might notice that it was always a method to boost your own sales, by making the machines of the competition fail in front of you potential customer. So I guess it was nothing that special.