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		jjaredsimpson on Jan 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing > does the first half really end at 30:00 or is it really 29:59:99...9? those are the same number.

Jtsummers on Jan 20, 2021 | [–]

By putting a terminal 9 there it's no longer "point 9 repeating" but "some arbitrary, but finite, number of 9s after the decimal".

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