PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agoWhat open-source software would you like more people to know about?reddthat.comimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageWhat open-source software would you like more people to know about?reddthat.comPumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI think two assumptions to this whole 10k people/day metric cause it to be inaccurate pseudoscience: It assumes people learn things at random times, causing the distribution to average over 30 years. It assumes everyone learns a thing by age 30. If you talk to anyone over 80 years old I guarantee they’ll tell you they don’t know everything. It’s a sweet sentiment, but it bugs me how people keep quoting this like there’s any truth behind it.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI think the spirit of the comic remains intact even if the math and assumptions are easily attacked. I didn’t mean for that to rhyme.
I think two assumptions to this whole 10k people/day metric cause it to be inaccurate pseudoscience:
It assumes people learn things at random times, causing the distribution to average over 30 years.
It assumes everyone learns a thing by age 30. If you talk to anyone over 80 years old I guarantee they’ll tell you they don’t know everything.
It’s a sweet sentiment, but it bugs me how people keep quoting this like there’s any truth behind it.
I think the spirit of the comic remains intact even if the math and assumptions are easily attacked.
I didn’t mean for that to rhyme.