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Re:Two Workers Are Quadratically Better Than One by Jtsummers on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:08PM (#25003102)
But sixty men could make sixty post-holes in sixty seconds.
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Re:Two Workers Are Quadratically Better Than One by lostdog on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:29PM (#25003265)
Not if there's only one post-hole digger.

And if they have a standup meeting beforehand to give status updates and "identify blockers," it's going to take even longer.

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Re:Two Workers Are Quadratically Better Than One by redis_mlc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:15PM (#25003552)
Yes, they'll be slower if they're agile. :)
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