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by vlovich123 115 days ago
But also if it was calculated 25 years ago, was it the same metric you’re using today?
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To the best of my knowledge, yes. Unfortunately the details of how it was calculated in ~2000 seem to be lost, but the person who did that described he did it like this. It's possible we forgot some important details, of course, but the intent was to use the same formula. Which is why I carefully described and published the scripts, so that other engineers can point out thinkos and suggest changes.