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Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by jcelerier on Sunday November 05, 2017 @04:06AM (#15628759)
Scaling in 2017 means "scales like f(x) = ax+b" with a=0, b=0
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Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by TeMPOraL on Sunday November 05, 2017 @04:26AM (#15628787)
Maybe for Google.

Scaling well means "costs / effort scale like f(x) = ax^p +b " with p < 1. Not scaling well means having p > 1.

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