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The author's casual mention of 52! at the opening of the article triggered an OLD webpage that I saw many years ago https://czep.net/weblog/52cards.html https:
by ninju 10d ago
The author's casual mention of 52! at the opening of the article triggered an OLD webpage that I saw many years ago
https://czep.net/weblog/52cards.html https://czep.net/weblog/52cards.html
Anyone know how to determine the age of this page (it's got be at least 20yrs old)
- TheRealPomax 10d agoThe main.css file it imports dates itself to March 9 of 2005, and is housed in an "ancient history" section of the website that covers everything before October 26, 2010, so: "sometime between those two years" =P
- DavidSJ 10d agoIts first appearance on the WayBack Machine is October 13, 2009, which narrows the range somewhat.
- stronglikedan 10d ago52 cards is the first thing I think of when I think factorials. It's such a great and relatable way to convey the subject to people, plus it usually ends up blowing their minds like it did mine when I first learned of it. Not from this page, but from a YT vid many moons ago.
- Dwedit 10d agoIt was made during the brief XHTML craze. (And it's also invalid XHTML)
- rileymat2 10d agoI still kind of have a soft spot for XHTML, semantic web and progressive enhancement.
- benatkin 10d agoTo me it feels like a smuggled exponentation. If I take half of 52 and raise it to itself and add a base unit to it like grams or meters, that's an incomprehensibly large amount.