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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by shagie on Monday January 01, 2024 @03:13AM (#38830380)
You have encountered Price’s Law. https://dariusforoux.com/prices-law/

> Price’s law says that 50% of the work is done by the square root of the total number of people who participate in the work.

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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by tucnak on Monday January 01, 2024 @05:43AM (#38830960)
Americans need to stop making up pathetic "laws" on the go.

Here's a law for you; anybody who's using forms like "<Name>'s law" is a moron

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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA on Monday January 01, 2024 @06:02AM (#38831032)
> Americans need to stop making up pathetic "laws" on the go.

Americans?

“Derek Price, who was a British physicist [...]”

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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by tucnak on Monday January 01, 2024 @06:16AM (#38831086)
Aktchually?
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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by tomjakubowski on Monday January 01, 2024 @07:20AM (#38831351)
we fought a whole war over this you know
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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by tucnak on Monday January 01, 2024 @08:52AM (#38831765)
I'm pretty sure Dr Price isn't the one who have been coming up with these stupid "laws" all along; it's the Americans.
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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by ethanwillis on Monday January 01, 2024 @09:40AM (#38832088)
Who makes them is irrelevant. So, Why do you hate the laws themselves? If you only hate the laws because of who created them then there is no reason to keep talking.
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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by shagie on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:36AM (#38832491)
That was a Canadian. It was coined by Jordan Peterson in 12 Rules for Life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson

> Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 12 June 1962) is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator.

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