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		ubernostrum on July 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubershaders: A Ridiculous Solution to an Impossibl... This is a rather old joke in software: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule

davidmurdoch on July 31, 2017 [–]

I've heard it, and variations of it, many times before, but never realized it went back that far.

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