Comment by jojobas
7 months ago
>We use the UK form “factorise” here in place of the US variants “factorize” or “factor” in order to avoid the 40% tariff on the US term
Brilliant.
7 months ago
>We use the UK form “factorise” here in place of the US variants “factorize” or “factor” in order to avoid the 40% tariff on the US term
Brilliant.
Yeah, they are really on point...
>Similarly, we refer to an abacus as “an abacus” rather than a digital computer, despite the fact that it relies on digital manipulation to effect its computations.
Just read this as well, best footnote I've read all day