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minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThat rule where something is expected to last in the future as long as it already has in the past probably applies here
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect Neat, I haven’t heard of this one before. I’ll likely use it in the future
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoYeah, I love little rules of thumb like that
minus-squareZarobi@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoDamn; looks like grandma is going to outlive us all
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThe wikipedia article on the effect covers this with an awfully blunt aside lol The Lindy effect applies to non-perishable items, like books, those that do not have an “unavoidable expiration date”.[2] For example, human beings are perishable
That rule where something is expected to last in the future as long as it already has in the past probably applies here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
Neat, I haven’t heard of this one before. I’ll likely use it in the future
That’s why I code in Fortran
Yeah, I love little rules of thumb like that
Damn; looks like grandma is going to outlive us all
The wikipedia article on the effect covers this with an awfully blunt aside lol