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[–] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's also due to the impossibility of estimating non-trivial tasks in engineering. You are asked to estimate the time it will take to solve problems that you have not yet discovered.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I fucking hate that.

Here is an open ended task, how much time do you think it will take?