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04:51
@daleif -- ctan has moved to a new server. Not surprising that things have changed/
 
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@DavidCarlisle you must be starving then!
 
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12:44
Working on siunitx v3.4, could do with option name suggestions for github.com/josephwright/siunitx/issues/688 - something about 'symmetrizing' uncertainties?
@JosephWright simplify-uncertainty?
@Skillmon Ah, yes, that would work
@Skillmon Thanks - as usual, the code is easy, the naming much less so :)
@JosephWright you can get even: Which of the following sentences is correct English (or both)? "For which car do you want to get new tires?" or "Which car do you want to get new tires for?"
13:01
@Skillmon er I think the first is probably more correct and the second more likely to be spoken. A simpler construct would be "which car needs new tyres" (Americans can't spell tyres:-)
@DavidCarlisle that's because the car is sleepy.
(and I mixed up which of the two was English and which was English simplified spelling)
@DavidCarlisle thanks, btw. :)
@DavidCarlisle Which one of "The first two rows of the matrix A" and "The two first rows of the matrix A"? Is there a difference in nuance/meaning?
13:34
@mickep the first is more normal and means the first two rows, the second means the two rows with property "first" which might be construed to be some kind of two line heading
@DavidCarlisle OK, very good, thanks!
@mickep actually the second form is rare enough that my eyes auto corrected it and I read it as the first form the first two times so saw no difference at all
@DavidCarlisle Oh, interesting. I will tell my colleague (writing a book...)

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