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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by marricks on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:29PM (#33569957)
Yeah, exactly, and you only actually use 10% of your brain. Probably don’t need two hemispheres to be honest.
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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by rootusrootus on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:31PM (#33569968)
Since we know that to be false, I assume you're just being a smartass. If you disagree, there are more polite, constructive ways to say so.
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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by grassgreener on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:41PM (#33570017)
You made up a statistic, what good does it do to spread misinformation?
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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by rootusrootus on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:47PM (#33570054)
You are calling it false, yet you haven't provided any citations either.
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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by izacus on Saturday November 12, 2022 @01:45AM (#33570673)
That's not how burden of proof works. You can't just brain fart random numbers and then demand others disprove it.
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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by mlyle on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:52PM (#33570080)
He made an estimate of dead weight based on his experience. I think we can all agree it's >1% and <99%. Of course, "dead weight" is a ill-posed, incompletely defined notion, so definitional issues abound, too.

The next step is to discuss the usefulness and your own perspective, not to mock.

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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by marricks on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:40PM (#33570009)
Sorry if it seems flippant, but I provided just as much justification for my argument as you did.
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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by nhooyr on Saturday November 12, 2022 @01:45AM (#33570675)
No, you made a straight up false claim. He was merely estimating at an unknown.
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