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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmy.world)
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[-] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days 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.

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