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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmy.world)
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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Why you shouldn't use YAML

[–] Damage@feddit.it 19 points 23 hours ago

The best approach would be to never use yaml for anything

[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago

YAML doesn't require any level of accuracy for floating point numbers, and that doc appears to have numbers large enough to run into problems for single-precision floats (maybe double too). That means different parsers could give you different results.