Arne Dehli Halvorsen

"Each fraction from 1⁄12 to 12⁄12 had a name in Roman times; these corresponded to the names of the related coins:" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals. Names like septunx for 7/12 and sestertius for 5/2, even sescunx for 1/8 ("one and a half twelfth")

2026-03-14 16:57:23 UTC

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Men er det ikke mer korrekt å stave det fristilt med én l? eller er det noe som går meg hus forbi?

2025-02-18 17:49:07 UTC

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It is even federated with the abysses that some people stare into - no word yet on the advisability of screaming into abysses or staring into voids.

2025-02-04 07:19:04 UTC

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I once used some technology to generate random combinations/descriptions of possible music, to ponder what kind of music you'd get. Goth/smooth jazz is fun to ponder. Minimalist big band? Acid polka? Grunge gypsy jazz? Wall of sound flamenco? High energy calypso? Reggae manuka?

2024-11-16 08:26:07 UTC

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I suppose the right thing would be to define it as a tilde superscript for any other operator: approximately unequal, approximately larger than, approximately element of, subset of....