To approximate 52! by hand, compute 54! and divide by 3000

Re:To approximate 52! by hand, compute 54! and divide by 3000 by elfchief on Sunday June 05, 2016 @12:43PM (#11841777)

I found an error on the linked page, but unfortunately the author doesn't appear to have contact information anywhere, so I can't really report it. :(

That page (in 'The Details') reports that the length of a year will change over time due to leap seconds, but that's not actually the case -- leap seconds correct for changes in the Earth's rotation on its axis, but years measure the Earth's trip around the sun, and these two things are unrelated.

(Leaving here on the extremely off chance the author of that page reads HN!)

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Re:To approximate 52! by hand, compute 54! and divide by 3000 by iconjack on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:14PM (#11843157)

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Re:To approximate 52! by hand, compute 54! and divide by 3000 by ColinWright on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:19PM (#11843187)

They were referring to the link in the comment to which they were replying, namely, this one:

http://czep.net/weblog/52cards.html

The address you provided here is correct, but is for the submitted article.

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Re:To approximate 52! by hand, compute 54! and divide by 3000 by theoh on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:19PM (#11843183)

Actually, the page section mentioned ("The Details") is on the czep.net page. http://czep.net/contact/ is empty.

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