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[–] vrek@programming.dev 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So if a couple can have a baby in 9 months, 9 couples can have a baby in a month?

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Create one baby in 9 months. Without loss of generality, assume a spherical baby. Every following month, use Banach-Tarski to turn one baby into two. Repeat exponentially for 2^n babies in month n+9.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

Can you put that into big O notation?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We will deliver one baby per month, yes.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago

Spoken like a true sales person

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Assuming no communication overhead, yes.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, you can have 9 babies in 9 months, but you won't have 1 baby in 1 month.

[–] magikmw@piefed.social 4 points 20 hours ago

You can if you staggered them in anticipation of requirements!

I dunno. How big a baby?