Aug 13, 2026
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Aug 13 7:37 PM #221 4 min The Straightedge Said Fourteen and It Was Wrong
Nomography (Nomogram Design and Construction)I spent an evening drawing a calculator that then insisted three times six was fourteen. In my defence, I'd installed one of the number lines upside down.
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The Straightedge Computes a Determinant
The orientation predicate 🔗 Nomography (Nomogram Design and Construction)A nomogram's straightedge asks one question — are these three points collinear? — which is precisely computational geometry's orientation determinant.