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> half an order of magnitude Completely off-topic, but would "half an order of magnitude" be sqrt(10)? I've just never heard someone refer to a factor of ~3 as
by feoren 4y ago
> half an order of magnitude
Completely off-topic, but would "half an order of magnitude" be sqrt(10)? I've just never heard someone refer to a factor of ~3 as "half an order of magnitude".
- roelschroeven 4y agoSqrt(10) is approximately 3.162278, that's close enough to 3.
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- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> just never heard someone refer to a factor of ~3 as "half an order of magnitude" Last time I looked, the estimates ranged from 270% to 50x. Seeing the latter, my brain went into astronomer mode and then I guess just ran with it.