Re: [NTG-context] new units

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 5/7/2023 2:00 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
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>> On 7 May 2023, at 10:45, Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
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>> ps. For those unfamiliar with the tex community, when we talk 'research' and such, keep in mind that most tex related research is kind of bogus, wishful thinking, sounding serious, etc. and that most 'projects' are just 'activities by enthousiatic users' In the end it's all about esthetics which is more about feeling and intuition and pretty much driven by user demsnds. In a similar fashion most 'tex conferences' are more user meetings.
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> Will there be new units to represent the amount of alcohol that has to be imbibed in order to (a) create the joke and (b) understand it?
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> I'm not sure which of these needs to be the larger. Perhaps that could be the subject of the next research?
During the meeting (aka conference) and in preparation Mikael and I were 
on 0% alcohol beers, so effectively that unit would then be a multiplier 
of zero, but I'm sure you can find a usage for that.

I forgot to check what the pct was of the wine at the (as usual) huge 
dinner but I can check the bottle I got from DT. Talking percentages, 
maybe some high res percentage primitive is interesting (we have 
.4\somedimen but for counters one needs to cheat a bit).

Actually we were talking of some 'eps' and interval based comparison in 
order to avoid small issues with accumulated rounding (in the sp range) 
but that is a side track.

Hans

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