csvoss
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Comment · 6 years ago
Author here. Thanks for the appreciation!
Since this piece was written, I have discovered another notation by John Tromp which I consider to be the most breathtakingly beautiful:
- https://tromp.github.io/cl/diagrams.html
Here used by Paul Crowley to describe Graham's number:
- https://mindsarentmagic.org/2020/02/19/a-picture-of-grahams-...
- https://mindsarentmagic.org/2020/02/24/some-more-numbers-as-...
Comment · 11 years ago
Nice catch! That one is from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_chemical_formulas
I've updated the offending page.
Comment · 11 years ago
Tell me about it. I've been having an exciting morning...
The oneliner was submitted early this morning, and that seems to have been the catalyst for the others.
Comment · 11 years ago
Update: I've downloaded the GeoLite data from April 2015, replacing the old March 2014 data! You should now be seeing more accurate results. :)
Comment · 11 years ago
This should be fixed now -- thanks!
Comment · 11 years ago
The data is as of March 2014, and therefore out of date -- I'm working on updating it right now. :)
As I remember from when the data was fresh, sometimes you do get crazy hops across the Atlantic like that, though.
Comment · 11 years ago
Sweet, I'd be interested! Ping me with your contact information, and I can let you know once I've wired it up to use that.