Comment on Linus Torvalds on a ridiculous job performance metric at tech companies and the prominent figure responsible for it

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foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Here’s a very simple example.

What’s 3^3?

Or,

Well it’s 3x3x3

Which is 3+3+3, 3 times.

Which is 3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3, which is 27.

Which solution do we prefer?

3^3 = 27?

Or

3+3+3

+3+3+3

+3+3+3

=27?

Which one uses more lines?

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