ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞJan 11, 2025
Let's play a game of "Mountweazel or IEEE?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LKy3lrkTRA
Fun fact: back in the day a popular name for a slide rule was a 'guessing stick'. We need to remember that calculators are also not perfect.
#maths #calculator #IEEE #Mountweazel #pi #Casio #rounding #rational
Why do calculators get this wrong? (We don't know!)

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Eclectic HumanMay 15, 2023

#AmReading The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams. It brims with words I keep looking up to see if they are "real" (not that it matters so long as they're felicitous.) A glorious read if you love the headiness of language tangled with thought or if you wonder whether bottling up words in a dictionary is like trapping butterflies under glass – or creating a map of infinite possibilities. My favourite #NewWord is key to the plot: #MountWeazel.
#CurrentlyReading #Bookstodon

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/23/the-liars-dictionary-by-eley-williams-review-big-ideas-in-a-minor-key

The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams review – big ideas in a minor key

Further adventures in love and language from the author of Attrib., as two lexicographers a century apart juggle meaning and made-up words

The Guardian