math checks out

downpunxx@fedia.io to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 1567 points –
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Eehrm, acktually, the tweet is wrong 🤓

You can always be getting a result above average in a series of numbers as long as the nth number is significantly greater than the previous ones. For example, f(x) = x^2 would always be above average for every next number

I like the idea of an infinitely exponentially growing base of users seeking help from some poor call center

This honestly sounds like it could be the basis for a novella

It sounds like something that happens regularly during an update to software with a lot of users.

if it is considering the average for all of history, then the rate of change would just have to be consistently greater than 0, right ?

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