New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike

Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by araes on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:37PM (#42045261)

So, extending that rule (approximately):

All the actual work on Earth is performed by sqrt( 3,630,000,000 )[1] or:

~60,000 workers

"Based on choosing the current estimates of Labor force, total"

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by legitster on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:17PM (#42045612)

You are missing the implication in the equation that smaller projects/teams are more efficient.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by hughesjj on Monday November 04, 2024 @04:47PM (#42046303)

Gotcha, Singleton sole proprietorships it is. Down with complexity, break up every business! /s

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by Dylan16807 on Monday November 04, 2024 @09:32PM (#42048104)

You're making a fine argument against optimizing for one variable. But that doesn't discredit the "law".

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by shagie on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:45PM (#42045335)

Half of all of the work - not all of all of the work.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by ars on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:08PM (#42045532)

Is everyone on earth working on the same project?

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