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Re:My least favorite Rust type by pas on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:40PM (#24548205)
Similar to the marketing/advertising axiom: 80% of all marketing spending is waste, but you you will only know after it has been spent.
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Re:My least favorite Rust type by saagarjha on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:53PM (#24548347)
What many companies seem to fail to realize is that for a significant portion of advertising you'll never know if it was a waste or not.
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Re:My least favorite Rust type by nitrobeast on Monday September 21, 2020 @08:03PM (#24549664)
I'm unfamiliar with marketing but I suspect the situation is much better now with all the tracking. And I can imagine for many APIs, people do know what most frequently used features are, and what typical users are like.
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