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Re:Snowpack 2.0 by spankalee on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:35PM (#23331969)
Yeah, but no one really says "quadratically slower" in the real world, while "exponentially slower" is used by regular non-CS/math/stats people. It's a forgivable inaccuracy.
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Re:Snowpack 2.0 by strombofulous on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:38PM (#23331988)
If they're referencing Big-O notation, in my opinion it is fair to assume that the people reading it are CS/math/stats people
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Re:Snowpack 2.0 by Vervious on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:16PM (#23332245)
Exponentially slower is flat out false though in this case
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