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Is this an attempt at humor?

• Nullabillity 4y ago
  No? If you don't know the answer, underestimate and overdeliver. Or consider whether you should be doing it in the first place.
  • oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
    The problem is that underestimating will cause fewer tickets to be sold.
    • Y_Y 4y ago
      I can imagine a perverse population of customers whose elasticity function prevents the estimate from ever being correct by always buying too many tickets.
    • mrguyorama 4y ago
      A business being less successful if they don't misrepresent reality is perfectly fine to me.
      • jsjohnst 4y ago
        > A business being less successful if they don't misrepresent reality is perfectly fine to me We are talking about a state government backed lottery, not a business.
  • jsjohnst 4y ago
    > I did not know that shit was estimated. > If you don't know the answer, underestimate and overdeliver. Make up your mind, is estimating bad or not? The example I gave isn’t the only possible outcome, some times it’s 1-2% more than quoted when more tickets were sold.
    • Nullabillity 4y ago
      Err, what? I never posted that first quote? And even then, it's perfectly consistent to say that estimating is only OK if it doesn't make you look better than reality.