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minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-21 day ago“If a programmer can change a lightbulb in 5 minutes, 5 programmers can change a ligthbulb in 1.”
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day agoSo if a couple can have a baby in 9 months, 9 couples can have a baby in a month?
minus-squarezerofk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoCreate one baby in 9 months. Without loss of generality, assume a spherical baby. Every following month, use Banach-Tarski to turn one baby into two. Repeat exponentially for 2^n babies in month n+9.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoCan you put that into big O notation?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 day agoWe will deliver one baby per month, yes.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoSpoken like a true sales person
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoNo, you can have 9 babies in 9 months, but you won’t have 1 baby in 1 month.
minus-squaremagikmw@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoYou can if you staggered them in anticipation of requirements!
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI dunno. How big a baby?
“If a programmer can change a lightbulb in 5 minutes, 5 programmers can change a ligthbulb in 1.”
So if a couple can have a baby in 9 months, 9 couples can have a baby in a month?
Create one baby in 9 months. Without loss of generality, assume a spherical baby. Every following month, use Banach-Tarski to turn one baby into two. Repeat exponentially for 2^n babies in month n+9.
Can you put that into big O notation?
We will deliver one baby per month, yes.
Spoken like a true sales person
Assuming no communication overhead, yes.
No, you can have 9 babies in 9 months, but you won’t have 1 baby in 1 month.
You can if you staggered them in anticipation of requirements!
I dunno. How big a baby?