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		earth2mars on Aug 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Algorithms you should know before you take system ... author wasted some stars, not an optimal algorithm :). He defined only 1, 3 and 5. he could simply used 3 stars

pcthrowaway on Aug 12, 2022 [–]

The difference between 1 star and 5 stars on a 5-star scale is greater than the difference between 1 and 3 on a 3-star scale

Stephen94 on Aug 12, 2022 | | [–]

I doubt he surveyed and quantified the results to decide an algorithms importance is at 66.6666666667% instead of 60%

patrulek on Aug 12, 2022 | | [–]

Only if you treat the number of stars as absolute values.

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