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A more formal approach to the surprising implications of modeling work as a queue: https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/04/29/applying-the-universal-scalability-law-to

by gwern 7y ago

A more formal approach to the surprising implications of modeling work as a queue: https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/04/29/applying-the-universal-scalability-law-to-organisations/ https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/04/29/applying-the-universal-s...

workthrowaway 7y ago
> In theory there’s no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is. love this :)
- beckingz 7y ago
  Yogi's finest.
  - greenyoda 7y ago
    It seems that this quote predates Yogi, with a known usage in 1882: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/04/14/theory https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/04/14/theory
- scott_s 7y ago
  I prefer: The only difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
  - dkersten 7y ago
    I've always liked this version best: "The difference between practice and theory is greater in practice than it is in theory."
    - larrik 7y ago
      My favorite version is "The difference between theory and practice is small in theory and large in practice."