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Re:Capital One axes 1k tech roles by rogual on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:22PM (#34470680)
Oh god, the Fibonacci numbers.

Project planning does not get easier if you limit yourself to a number system that is not closed under addition. A strange thing to have to tell people, but here we are.

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Re:Capital One axes 1k tech roles by charcircuit on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:08PM (#34471137)
You can make it closed under addition by defining addition to round to the nearest Fibonacci number.
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Re:Capital One axes 1k tech roles by rogual on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:50PM (#34471542)
You can! But as a bit of an Agile cynic, I find it quite funny that you literally have to accept that 2+2=5 to use it.
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