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Always Multiply Your Estimates by π (2013)

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268 points behnamoh | 4 comments | 27 Sep 21 04:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.697s | source
1. airoftime ◴[27 Sep 21 04:56 UTC] No.28667199[source]▶
That's a good one. I really like the sin graph representation .
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2. th3iedkid ◴[27 Sep 21 06:29 UTC] No.28667693[source]▶
you cannot unless co-sin'd
3. Miiko ◴[27 Sep 21 06:37 UTC] No.28667738[source]▶
That's not a sin graph, though, but 2 semi-circles.
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4. OskarS ◴[27 Sep 21 06:53 UTC] No.28667826[source]▶
The arc-length of a sin curve is an elliptic integral, and project time estimation is hard enough without throwing elliptic integrals into the mix!