TobyBartels comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 119 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 March 2015 07:40:31PM 3 points [-]

A time limit of 3:54 does seem too arbitrary to be hard-coded

X to 1 stellar day as 366.24 stellar days to 1 mean year.

X = 235 seconds, 3:55.

Almost.

Comment author: TobyBartels 10 March 2015 08:03:01PM * 0 points [-]

The more natural 365.24 is even worse.

We really want something like 370. That takes us back to the late Cretaceous, and I don't think that EY wants to push things that far back.