Comments on To Infinity… But Not Beyond! Things that Eric A. Meyer, CSS expert, writes about on his personal Web site; it's largely Web standards and Web technology, but also various bits of culture, politics, personal observations, and other miscellaneous stuff2025-08-28T12:59:55Zhttps://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2025/08/20/to-infinity-but-not-beyond/feed/atom/
By: Drop #701 (2025-08-28): Thursday Morning Grab Bag – hrbrmstr's Daily Drop Drop #701 (2025-08-28): Thursday Morning Grab Bag – hrbrmstr's Daily Drophttps://dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev/2025/08/28/drop-701-2025-08-28-thursday-morning-grab-bag/https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=5606#comment-40974182025-08-28T12:59:55Z2025-08-28T12:59:55Z[…] calc() in CSS enables mathematical calculations for numerical values, such as setting a margin to ¼ of the container width, as demonstrated in the example. Eric Meyer explores infinity in CSS, noting browser discrepancies and its use in experiments like infinite pixel widths. (https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2025/08/20/to-infinity-but-not-beyond/) […]
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By: Eric Meyer Eric Meyerhttp://www.meyerweb.com/https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=5606#comment-40927422025-08-21T16:21:02Z2025-08-21T16:21:02ZIn reply to Chester.
Quite right, Chester; thanks for the correction! I’ve edited the post.
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By: Chester Chesterhttps://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=5606#comment-40925862025-08-21T10:46:19Z2025-08-21T10:46:19ZJust as a quick note, 10^300 is not ‘half as long again’ as 10^200, it is a number with a hundred more zeroes. Big numbers get so incomprehensible so quickly.
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