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Re:Software 2.0 by thih9 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:30PM (#34883918)
I don't think that was the point. I think the point was that as long as you're happy with 90% accuracy, you can have that for 10% of effort.

It requires a perspective shift. Then again, cost efficiency is a big motivator.

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Re:Software 2.0 by hinkley on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:39PM (#34884949)
90% accuracy is lousy. Especially for anything that isn't a one-off interaction, such as with customers or developers. That's a 35% chance at a failure after 4 interactions.
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Re:Software 2.0 by thih9 on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:58PM (#34930710)
Wouldn’t this depend on a lot of external factors?

90% failure rate can be lousy in one use case and can be perfectly adequate in another.

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