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minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoThat rule where something is expected to last in the future as long as it already has in the past probably applies here
minus-squareZarobi@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoDamn; looks like grandma is going to outlive us all
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoThe wikipedia article on the effect covers this with an awfully blunt aside lol The Lindy effect applies to non-perishable items, like books, those that do not have an “unavoidable expiration date”.[2] For example, human beings are perishable
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect Neat, I haven’t heard of this one before. I’ll likely use it in the future
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoYeah, I love little rules of thumb like that
That rule where something is expected to last in the future as long as it already has in the past probably applies here
Damn; looks like grandma is going to outlive us all
The wikipedia article on the effect covers this with an awfully blunt aside lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
Neat, I haven’t heard of this one before. I’ll likely use it in the future
Yeah, I love little rules of thumb like that
That’s why I code in Fortran