alt Hacker NewsThis seems weirdly...off. Take the reference to Julius Scalier. What in the heck is he doing here? Did somebody do a quick and sloppy search for Julius Caesar? Or mangle Joseph Justus Scaliger and Julius Caesar together and try to take the average? This seems like a very strange thing to do.
> mangle Joseph Justus Scaliger and Julius Caesar together and try to take the average
Such a person actually existed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_Scaliger
This sheds no light on the mystery of "Julius Scalier", of course, but it amused me.