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| β | The one day difference is probably because of the rules of leap years. Most century years (like 1800, 1900, 2100) do not have a leap year, but 2000 did have a leap year. Leap year placement is done to approximate Earth's ratio of 365.2422 days per year. [[Special:Contributions/134.134.139.69|134.134.139.69]] 21:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC) | + | The one day difference is probably because of the rules of leap years. Most century years (like 1800, 1900, 2100) do not have a leap year, but 2000 did have a leap year. Leap year placement is done to approximate Earth's ratio of 365.2422 days per year. Oh, wait. Tukey (1915-2000) and Randall (1984-2094) both lived through the 2000 leap year. So it must just be because Randall was born shortly after Feb 29 of 1984, whereas Tukey was born shortly before Feb 29 of 1916. So Tukey would have had 28 leap days vs. Randall's 27 leap days on their 110 year birthdays. [[Special:Contributions/134.134.139.69|134.134.139.69]] 21:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC) |
Note that this is not saying 110,000 (1.1e5) years, but 110.000 (1.1e2), which is in fact the correct number of years. The value has three digits after the decimal point to imply sub-year precision, which is seldom meaningful with birthdays. [[Special:Contributions/2403:5803:BF48:0:0:0:0:1|2403:5803:BF48:0:0:0:0:1]] 21:19, 18 June 2025 (UTC) | Note that this is not saying 110,000 (1.1e5) years, but 110.000 (1.1e2), which is in fact the correct number of years. The value has three digits after the decimal point to imply sub-year precision, which is seldom meaningful with birthdays. [[Special:Contributions/2403:5803:BF48:0:0:0:0:1|2403:5803:BF48:0:0:0:0:1]] 21:19, 18 June 2025 (UTC) | ||
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i dont get this comic :( Broseph (talk) 20:42, 18 June 2025 (UTC)\
The main panel makes a joke that the figure of 110,000 years is precise but wildly wrong while that Tukey's birthday is "sometime this week" is vague but basically correct. The alt-text is most likely true (I haven't checked) because of leap years.
The one day difference is probably because of the rules of leap years. Most century years (like 1800, 1900, 2100) do not have a leap year, but 2000 did have a leap year. Leap year placement is done to approximate Earth's ratio of 365.2422 days per year. Oh, wait. Tukey (1915-2000) and Randall (1984-2094) both lived through the 2000 leap year. So it must just be because Randall was born shortly after Feb 29 of 1984, whereas Tukey was born shortly before Feb 29 of 1916. So Tukey would have had 28 leap days vs. Randall's 27 leap days on their 110 year birthdays. 134.134.139.69 21:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
Note that this is not saying 110,000 (1.1e5) years, but 110.000 (1.1e2), which is in fact the correct number of years. The value has three digits after the decimal point to imply sub-year precision, which is seldom meaningful with birthdays. 2403:5803:BF48:0:0:0:0:1 21:19, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
