That basically describes the unum guy's next contraption (posits), and it's actually a Good Thing (TM).
8-bit minifloats are my new favourite data type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minifloat
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i wrote my own data type which is basically an indexing of the first 256 fibonacci numbers it just rounds to the nearest one
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Who needs the number 17 base-10 anyways
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I actually taught floating points to people using them, by hand. Love a minifloat.
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