Re:Why Not Build Your Own Self-Driving Car?
by sanjams on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:58PM
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There is no “right” application of the 80/20 rule. It has many applications for many contexts
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Re:Why Not Build Your Own Self-Driving Car?
by weaksauce on Saturday December 23, 2017 @03:43PM
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There certainly is a right way to apply it. No where does that rule say the last 20 percent of reward takes 80 percent of the effort. That's grossly mischaracterizing the rule.
Re:Why Not Build Your Own Self-Driving Car?
by weaksauce on Saturday December 23, 2017 @04:17PM
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From the first link:
> 80% of effects come from 20% of causes and 80% of results come from 20% of effort.
that's precisely what I am saying and exactly the opposite of what the gp said.
the actual principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle