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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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and every fifth digit is just put in an odd place

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[โ€“] PeriodicallyPedantic 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It is logarithmic size, it's just the special case of log~1~. The implication being the higher the base, the more efficient the encoding.

Edit: ~1~ is supposed to be subscript, but it's not showing properly in my app. Idk what it looks like for others

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Log base 1 is undefined, no? It's like division by zero.

PS: it looks like subscript.