Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit
goldfndr@lemmy.ml 2 days agoShocking twist: boldly estimating 99/100 of situations is less accurate (more hyperbolic) than asserting 33% or ⅓ or whatever is accurate.
Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit
goldfndr@lemmy.ml 2 days agoShocking twist: boldly estimating 99/100 of situations is less accurate (more hyperbolic) than asserting 33% or ⅓ or whatever is accurate.
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 2 days ago
It’s not about accuracy especially not when TALKING to somebody. I work with numbers for a living and nobody is as obsessed with fractions than people on Reddit and Lemmy, it’s crazy and I have clients where the difference between 33,33% and 33% can be thousdands of euro’s.