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:Given that the calculation is only getting the integer number of years, this still works. In 2015, the division will still yield "45" plus a fractional amount that is discarded for that part of the calculation. [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 21:52, 1 January 2015 (UTC) | :Given that the calculation is only getting the integer number of years, this still works. In 2015, the division will still yield "45" plus a fractional amount that is discarded for that part of the calculation. [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 21:52, 1 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
::Actually, to explain further, the "number of days" calculation allows for a 365th day (that would be December 31, given that February would have 29 days instead of 28). This is, in fact, the correct way to calculate the number of calendar years. (You're right that it doesn't correspond to SOLAR years, but we don't use a strictly solar calendar, and there are in fact errors in the Unix standard between those two measurements.) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 22:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC) | ::Actually, to explain further, the "number of days" calculation allows for a 365th day (that would be December 31, given that February would have 29 days instead of 28). This is, in fact, the correct way to calculate the number of calendar years. (You're right that it doesn't correspond to SOLAR years, but we don't use a strictly solar calendar, and there are in fact errors in the Unix standard between those two measurements.) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 22:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
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− | + | Also in Trivia, there's a bullet that reads "The 364th day of a non-leap year is December 31[...]", this is only true if January 1 is the 0th day of the year, which is mathematically correct and confusing to non-programming humans. It should read 'The 365th day[...]' or '[...]which translates to the 365th day[...]'. | |
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− | Also in Trivia, there's a bullet that reads "The 364th day of a non-leap year is December 31[...]", this is only true if January 1 is the 0th day of the year, which is mathematically correct and confusing to non-programming humans. It should read 'The 365th day[...]' or '[...]which translates to the 365th day[...]'. | ||
:This is the problem with math: Basic mathematics is zero-based - counting upward from the beginning of anything, you only arrive at 1 when you've reached your first complete unit. You can refer to "the first half-foot", but the measurement would be 0.5 feet, or less than 1. Similarly, while you're at any point before midnight on January 2nd, you're less than 1 day into the year, and the current amount of time having passed since the start of the year is 0.x days. We don't have to be programmers to get this, and considering it's a comic for science, math and computer geeks (primarily), I think we SHOULD expect our audience to get at least SOME of this. [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 02:24, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | :This is the problem with math: Basic mathematics is zero-based - counting upward from the beginning of anything, you only arrive at 1 when you've reached your first complete unit. You can refer to "the first half-foot", but the measurement would be 0.5 feet, or less than 1. Similarly, while you're at any point before midnight on January 2nd, you're less than 1 day into the year, and the current amount of time having passed since the start of the year is 0.x days. We don't have to be programmers to get this, and considering it's a comic for science, math and computer geeks (primarily), I think we SHOULD expect our audience to get at least SOME of this. [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 02:24, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
::That said, I went ahead and changed it to "365th day", given the description of the calculation already mentions that 364 days have elapsed since the start of the year. That should bridge the gap. (I made that distinction a little clearer as well.) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 02:30, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | ::That said, I went ahead and changed it to "365th day", given the description of the calculation already mentions that 364 days have elapsed since the start of the year. That should bridge the gap. (I made that distinction a little clearer as well.) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 02:30, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
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