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Always Multiply Your Estimates by π (2013)

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268 points behnamoh | 1 comments | 27 Sep 21 04:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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janto ◴[27 Sep 21 06:58 UTC] No.28667862[source]▶
In my head I usually do "an order of magnitude" increase to do things properly. 1h to 1d to 1w to 1M to 1Y.

Thats kind of like a multiplier of τ=2π

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porb121 ◴[27 Sep 21 07:04 UTC] No.28667900[source]▶
....that's not an order of magnitude each time
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1. Stratoscope ◴[27 Sep 21 11:04 UTC] No.28669242[source]▶
If you're looking for precision when we're estimating, you may be in for a rough time.