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The text discusses the concept of logarithmic progression in games, using examples from incremental/idle games and other genres. It explains how progress in games follows a logarithmic scale, requiring continuous effort from the p...
The text provides key insights on IEEE 754 floating point numbers, including the organization of a 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point number, the formula to calculate the resulting number, special cases for the exponent, and random sa...
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