User contributions for Hackerb9

29 May 2025

• 01:4701:47, 29 May 2025 diff hist −14 Q (number format) →Characteristics: Align with the rest of the article which defaults to TI format when not otherwise specified current

28 May 2025

• 09:0909:09, 28 May 2025 diff hist +57 Q (number format) →Texas Instruments version: use mathematical exponents instead of typesetting superscripts
• 08:5508:55, 28 May 2025 diff hist −175 Q (number format) →ARM version: Remove confusing sentence, reword

26 May 2025

• 11:0511:05, 26 May 2025 diff hist +2 Q (number format) General format should be a subsection of Definiton
• 11:0411:04, 26 May 2025 diff hist +243 Q (number format) Add visual of the format
• 10:2010:20, 26 May 2025 diff hist +14 m Q (number format) Grammar

17 May 2025

• 07:1107:11, 17 May 2025 diff hist +32 Q (number format) Introductory explanation of fixed point parameters
• 06:5006:50, 17 May 2025 diff hist −8 Q (number format) Typo
• 06:2806:28, 17 May 2025 diff hist −168 Q (number format) →ARM version: Correction and Clarification

16 May 2025

• 03:4403:44, 16 May 2025 diff hist +742 Q (number format) Add basic explanation of benefits/downsides to the ARM version
• 02:4302:43, 16 May 2025 diff hist +43 Q (number format) Fix table to not imply that the sign-bit belongs to only the integer part
• 02:3302:33, 16 May 2025 diff hist +2 m Q (number format) typo
• 02:3202:32, 16 May 2025 diff hist −11 m Q (number format) No need to repeat that it is "signed"
• 02:2702:27, 16 May 2025 diff hist +6 m Q (number format) Center the bit table
• 02:2502:25, 16 May 2025 diff hist +23 m Q (number format) Use max-width: fit-content so table does spill across entire width of page
• 02:2002:20, 16 May 2025 diff hist −402 Q (number format) Use proper mathematical minus signs instead of hyphen-minus

13 May 2025

• 06:0806:08, 13 May 2025 diff hist +1,522 Q (number format) Add clear example with table of bits

12 May 2025

• 20:5620:56, 12 May 2025 diff hist +245 Q (number format) Give a preview of the difference between the two forms of Q-numbers
• 20:1920:19, 12 May 2025 diff hist +85 Q (number format) Fix example which would have used 17-bit words and explain why

30 April 2025

• 02:2202:22, 30 April 2025 diff hist +31 Drop (liquid) →Gallery: Replaced the photo of a clear water droplet splashing on silver metal with Dr. Edgerton's white milk on red current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 02:0702:07, 30 April 2025 diff hist +53 Drop (liquid) →See also: Reference Dr. Edgerton's famous milk drop Tag: Visual edit

15 April 2025

• 15:3015:30, 15 April 2025 diff hist +391 Talk:Sample and hold →Musical Effect: Reply current Tag: Reply

14 April 2025

• 19:1919:19, 14 April 2025 diff hist +238 Thaumatrope Add image of how it was used Tag: Visual edit
• 19:0219:02, 14 April 2025 diff hist +22 Thaumatrope Add citation for the 8 revolutions per second. Tag: Visual edit
• 18:5818:58, 14 April 2025 diff hist +352 Thaumatrope Add necessary information about Persistence of Vision and superposition of iimages. (16fps) Move "disputed explanation of animation" interjection into the animation paragraph as it does not apply to traditional thaumatropes. Tag: Visual edit

2 April 2025

• 05:1505:15, 2 April 2025 diff hist +472 SanDisk portable media players →Sansa Clip: Add information about v2 and battery life Tag: Visual edit

1 April 2025

• 21:1021:10, 1 April 2025 diff hist +53 m SanDisk portable media players →Sansa Clip: grammar Tag: Visual edit
• 21:0221:02, 1 April 2025 diff hist +90 SanDisk portable media players →Sansa Clip: Add opus codec info; move reference to third party firmware to end of official firmware paragraph Tag: Visual edit

31 March 2025

• 06:1106:11, 31 March 2025 diff hist −92 SanDisk portable media players →Sansa Clip: Fix dead link to rockbox Tag: Visual edit

27 March 2025

• 18:5518:55, 27 March 2025 diff hist 0 m Talk:Slide rule →Maximum precision of typical slide rules?: tgypo
• 18:5418:54, 27 March 2025 diff hist +522 Talk:Slide rule →Maximum precision of typical slide rules?: new section Tag: New topic
• 18:3618:36, 27 March 2025 diff hist +4 m Calculator →Pocket calculators: Spell out 10" for clarity
• 18:2518:25, 27 March 2025 diff hist +269 Talk:Calculator →Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2023: Reply Tag: Reply
• 18:0618:06, 27 March 2025 diff hist +845 Talk:Calculator →Pocket Calculator Tag: New topic
• 17:4817:48, 27 March 2025 diff hist +278 Calculator →Pocket calculators: Add image with text that may spark a casual reader's interest. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 17:3217:32, 27 March 2025 diff hist +276 Calculator Add citation for precision of slide rules Tag: Visual edit
• 17:2517:25, 27 March 2025 diff hist +773 Calculator →Pocket calculators: Add Curta, with citation. Fix hierarchy. Tag: Visual edit
• 16:2416:24, 27 March 2025 diff hist +19 m Computer World →Artwork: Stylophone used on Pocket Calculator? Need citation.

18 February 2025

• 23:0223:02, 18 February 2025 diff hist +81 Pearl Cleage Fix website link to the last archive before criminals defaced the page with ads for Indonesian gambling.

23 January 2025

• 06:1406:14, 23 January 2025 diff hist +706 Talk:Slashed zero →Combining short solidus overlay: new section current Tags: Disambiguation links added New topic
• 06:0406:04, 23 January 2025 diff hist +174 Talk:Slashed zero →Unicode character?: Reply Tag: Reply
• 05:5905:59, 23 January 2025 diff hist −25 Slashed zero Clean up unwieldy first sentence. Move reference to dotted zero to "Variations" section.
• 05:4805:48, 23 January 2025 diff hist +25 m Slashed zero →Representation in Unicode and HTML: Add Knuth's slashed zero \emptyset
• 05:4305:43, 23 January 2025 diff hist +6 m Slashed zero Fix usage of obsolete unicode in introduction
• 05:4005:40, 23 January 2025 diff hist +1 m Slashed zero →Combining solidus: typo
• 05:3905:39, 23 January 2025 diff hist +543 Slashed zero →Combining solidus: Put in past tense and be clear that this kludge is of historical interest only
• 05:2705:27, 23 January 2025 diff hist +64 Ø (disambiguation) →Science, technology and engineering: Update slashed zero for modern Unicode
• 04:4904:49, 23 January 2025 diff hist +202 Slashed zero →Representation in Unicode and HTML: Update for modern Unicode
• 03:1503:15, 23 January 2025 diff hist +19 m Slashed zero Citation needed for network printers "caused the demise..."

12 December 2024

• 19:1619:16, 12 December 2024 diff hist +56 Helichrysum petiolare Since this plant's name is "liquorice plant" it is unnecessarily confusing to add the word "plant" when comparing it to "true liquorice". current Tag: Visual edit