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Classic stack overflow, top answer is a giant mass of "look how awesome I am!" sensible answer is 3 down with half as many upvotes.
by serge2k 10y ago
Classic stack overflow, top answer is a giant mass of "look how awesome I am!"
sensible answer is 3 down with half as many upvotes.
- get2zpointer 10y agoWhy is three better? In any family with k brothers, each male will have k-1 brothers, while each female (if any exist) will have k brothers. So the number of brothers in S(x) is gender dependent, despite the the third answer's claim that it isn't.
- serge2k 10y ago> Why is three better? Because you're wrong.
- hinkley 10y agoThat's one of my productivity secrets. Always read the top 4 answers before deciding on a course. Answer #3 is right far too often for my liking. And sometimes answer #4 brings up corner cases the others missed.
- stcredzero 10y agoI think the above structure is eerily reflected in large corporations and in government. The actual work/know-how resides in tier 3 and 4, with the top two tiers actually just being better at politics and self promotion.
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- gruntled 10y agoGlad I scrolled down far enough to find this comment
- oh_sigh 10y agoAnd of course, the "look how awesome I am" answer isn't useful at all, because there are unproven assertions made to make the question tractable, and unknown realities not brought into the problem space(for example, people having genetic predispositions towards birthing sons rather than daughters, or vice versa)
- tempestn 10y agoAbsolutely. I actually upvoted #3[1] before coming here and seeing your comment. [1] http://math.stackexchange.com/a/1794617/63267 http://math.stackexchange.com/a/1794617/63267