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v0cab
on May 14, 2012
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Why I ask "how many golf balls fit on a bus?" in j...
So there's some kind of aim relating to transporting the golf balls. That really should have been stated.
mistercow
on May 14, 2012
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But it doesn't matter what the aim is. The point is that estimation based on very little data is important because real world situations call for narrowing down the solution space quickly.
v0cab
on May 15, 2012
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But I don't know that the quality of the estimate is important in the case of putting golf balls on bus without a reason.
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