what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results

[Everything You Need To Know]

On Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:55:44 UTC+9:30, Terry Reedy  wrote:
> On 8/20/2014 11:36 AM, Everything You Need To Know wrote:
> 
> > Neat little exercise, surprisingly cool results!
> 
> > less than 3 minutes!
> 
> >
> 
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDjl5JK0eU&feature=youtu.be
> 
> 
> 
> Dear EYNToK (Adam Nowak?, the name on the video?): I am both a long-term 
> 
> participant in this group and currently one of the behind-the-scenes 
> 
> moderators. Here are the mistakes you made.
> 
> 
> 
> 0. You posted from Google Groups.
> 
> 0a. GG is the source of at least half the spam targeted at python-list, 
> 
> including the stuff that gets caught and discarded by me or another 
> 
> moderator.  Google gives the appearance of being indifferent to being 
> 
> spam source #1. Or maybe they see it as a mark of success somehow.
> 
> 0b. By default, GG does not follow normal and reasonable protocols. 
> 
> Google is obviously indifferent to that. At one time in the past, Google 
> 
> would have been cut off from usenet groups for GG's behavior. Now Google 
> 
> is too big and powerful and hence arrogant.
> 
> 0c. Some posters, when requested, change the defaults as requested and 
> 
> instructed. Some do not, thereby asking to be ignored.
> 
> 
> 
> 1. A pseudonym, but not just a pseudonym, but one that could be 
> 
> interpreted as intentionally obnoxious and 'in our faces', such as used 
> 
> by trolls.  I realize that as a newcomer, you don't know the history, 
> 
> but it affects people who have been around awhile.
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Slightly deceptive subject line, to your detriment. The video is 
> 
> about simulating indefinite precision long division with python. This is 
> 
> a quite legitimate beginner exercise. The 1/998001 example is just an 
> 
> illustration of the value of being able to get more than 18 decimal digits.
> 
> 
> 
> 3. The form of your post! It screams 'I am spam!' Judgment in 3 seconds!
> 
> 
> 
> In sum, if this post had been presented to me by the spam filter for 
> 
> action, and I had acted without viewing the video, especially late at 
> 
> night when tired, I might have deleted it.
> 
> 
> 
> Having watched the video, I now know that would have been a mistake. As 
> 
> Steven said, properly formatted occasional announcements of free 
> 
> python-related resources are on-topic. (If we got multiple such 
> 
> announcements every day, we might change the rules.) I agree with the 
> 
> rest of his excellent post.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Terry Jan Reedy

Well said