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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by MiroF on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:21AM (#22581723)
That's a terrible example, why would pick an explicitly sub-exponential relationship?
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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by bonzini on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:04AM (#22581884)
Because exponential is even worse.
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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by mirimir on Sunday March 15, 2020 @12:53PM (#22584523)
Right. Because it's not linear.

The only truly exponential example that comes to mind is milk souring. But that's too slow, unless you keep notes.

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