4 ms·
I remember seeing one of Bob's posts earlier about how he struggled to finish this. Congratulations to him, I know how difficult it is to complete big projects
by pvnick 12y ago
I remember seeing one of Bob's posts earlier about how he struggled to finish this. Congratulations to him, I know how difficult it is to complete big projects (they say there's the first 90%, then when the finish line is in sight, there's the second 90%). His perseverance is inspiring!
- dudeson 12y agoTrue, always the last 10% consume as much effort as the 90%
- Buttons840 12y agoI've always phrased it tongue-in-cheek: "The first 90% of the work takes 90% of the time. The last 10% of the work takes the other 90% of the time.
- rockybox 12y agoThat reminds me of the Pareto Principle (20/80): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle I've found it to apply to many things in life. Edit: why would this be downvoted?
- erichocean 12y agoBecause someone tried to upvote you on a smartphone, and Hacker News has a stubbornly non-mobile friendly design, with no undo.
- felipellrocha 12y agoLol. Yep. I accidentally do that every so often, and I always feel bad about it.
- MarkTee 12y agoDoes anyone know what the rationale for not allowing users to undo votes is? I'd be happy even if it were only accessible for the first few minutes after the initial action... There have been several times where I've accidentally upvoted low-quality (sometimes malicious) posts, and I never feel good about it.
- DanBC 12y agoIndividual downvotes are sometimes errors and are usually quickly corrected.
- jamesbritt 12y ago"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." -- Yogi Berra Same math applies to software and book-writing
- kbenson 12y agoThe 90/90 rule fits a lot of things, to the point that whenever I see it, it seems cliche now. That doesn't make it any less applicable and relevant though, which is why we see it so much.