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What open-source software would you like more people to know about? (reddthat.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I think two assumptions to this whole 10k people/day metric cause it to be inaccurate pseudoscience:

It assumes people learn things at random times, causing the distribution to average over 30 years.
It assumes everyone learns a thing by age 30. If you talk to anyone over 80 years old I guarantee they'll tell you they don't know everything.

It's a sweet sentiment, but it bugs me how people keep quoting this like there's any truth behind it.

[–] aalvare2 6 points 6 months ago

Considering that this is an xkcd comic, I think it’s fair to suggest that most people who see this and know where it’s from will recognize that it’s mostly a joke.

The spirit of the comic is still pretty nice, though. I think that’s what really matters.

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