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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by kharak on Saturday June 12, 2021 @11:45AM (#27485220)
What is "Q"? You seem to refer to a model that I haven't heard about and I'm curious about it. (And not sure how to Google this one).
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by smolder on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:49PM (#27487011)
I was wondering that too and think it is this aerospace term[0] as metaphor. Q can describe the sharpness/resonance of a signal filter, too, which was my first thought, but makes less sense, although they seem like related terms[1].

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Q

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_factor

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