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hyperpape
on Nov 28, 2024
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Hetzner cuts traffic on US VPSs, raises prices
As an engineer, if you don't qualify whether your answer is average or max, you've messed up.
drpossum
on Nov 28, 2024
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I'm confident the marketing folks would just say something akin to "shut up nerd", cash their bonuses, and leave you with the problem.
cluckindan
on Nov 28, 2024
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As an engineer, NEVER give out averages without checking that they are consistent with the distribution of the actual data.
phil21
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Averages tend to skew once exposed to adverse selection.
Moru
on Nov 29, 2024
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Don't think you find much engineers in the marketing department though.
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