Epsilon Is Just Right, I Tell You

But What If I Told You, It's Actually Not?

Deep down in the depths of our server's basement, a team of highly-trained, highly-paid, and highly-overcaffeinated mathematicians toiled away on the problem of epsilon. They worked tirelessly to ensure that epsilon was just right, but what they didn't know was that it was actually just wrong.

What Went Wrong?

It turned out, our team of highly-trained, highly-paid mathematicians had been using a calculator that was one percent off. One percent may seem like a small number, but in the world of epsilon, it was enough to throw off the entire calculation.

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The Consequence

The team's mistake was so severe, it caused the entire server to crash. Users were left wondering, "what's going on?" and "why won't this server just work?"

But little did they know, the true consequence was not just the server, but the server's basement. A dark, damp cave filled with broken dreams and discarded calculators.

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The Lesson Learned

Our team learned a valuable lesson that day. A lesson that would stay with them for the rest of their careers, and haunt them for the rest of their lives.

That lesson was: always double check your math.