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This theme always reminds me of the story Joel Spolsky related about optimizing the number of sesame seeds on a burger bun [0]. It may work for a while, but the
by stuart78 6y ago
This theme always reminds me of the story Joel Spolsky related about optimizing the number of sesame seeds on a burger bun [0]. It may work for a while, but there is a logical lower limit to how small an ice cream container can be before it becomes a pint (e.g. pint plus 1/32 oz?). But that is always the next guy's problem, I suppose.
[0] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/09/11/theres-no-place-like-127001/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/09/11/theres-no-place-li...
- convolvatron 6y agoyou've struck upon an excellent idea. if we just make the units even less sensible then they are now, then no one will be even tempted to do the arithmetic
- fmajid 6y agoWell, I stopped buying Haagen-Dazs when their tubs shrank and stuck to Ben & Jerry instead. And I stopped buying Tropicana Orange Juice when they shrank their juice containers from 64 fl. oz. to 59. You can't fool all of the people all the time.
- im3w1l 6y agoI see that as a story about how subjective comparisons are non-transitive, i.e. x > y > z > x.