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More back-of-envelope-math…

  • 18. Sep
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Via kottke: some good examples of doing rough math in your head, causing you to guess about assumptions all along the way.

IMHO, being able to do this is one of the things that makes a good web ops person. The examples might be “useless”, but the process is invaluable.

 
 
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I wrote a book about common sense.