@paulg The fact that "10 turns out to be about right" is probably an artifact of using base 10.
Though it seems a bit cheesy that the meaning of order of magnitude is an artifact of using base 10, 10 turns out to be about right.
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@armillspaugh I thought about that first, but I'm pretty sure it isn't simply that. - Show replies
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@paulg Agreed - pairing things up in 10s always seems about right as well.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg How do you reckon?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg OOM really should mean a factor of e, but it takes only log 10 ≈ 2.3 times longer to grow by a factor of 10, so 10 is close enough.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg 10 is at least in the right order of magnitude.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Mayans probably thought a magnitude of 20x was about right.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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