Why the last 20% of work takes the same amount of time as the first 80%

Re:Why the last 20% of work takes the same amount of time as... by jasonlfunk on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @05:22PM (#6595087)

That's the most annoying comma I've seen in a while. :) Great article though.

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Re:Why the last 20% of work takes the same amount of time as... by nhaehnle on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @05:42PM (#6595200)

The author is probably not a native speaker of English. For example: Their name doesn't sound German, but that comma makes perfect sense when you translate the sentence to German. Whatever their native language may be, it might have similar rules of comma usage.

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Re:Why the last 20% of work takes the same amount of time as... by matvoz on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @01:48AM (#6597131)

This is what happens if you think in one language and write in another. :) Yes, I am from a bit south of Germany, from Slovenia.

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