Sentences with phrase «arbitrary number»

Or, you could choose a somewhat arbitrary number of sectors, and a desired allocation based on an arbitrary acceptable «balance» level.

The last time I tried it, I used arbitrary numbers.

I decided it was worthless to assign arbitrary numbers, and started using numbers that reflected the date the client signed a retainer.

We don't recommend either one of these approaches because they use somewhat arbitrary numbers.

My neighbor once told me things would get better after 2 months and I thought that seemed like a totally arbitrary number.

The problem is that no one can arrive at whatever that arbitrary number really is.

Now, I wasn't just trying to hit this admittedly arbitrary number of 100 units for my health.

The goal is not to get your total cholesterol under 200, or any other arbitrary number.

We don't recommend either one of these approaches because they use somewhat arbitrary numbers.

We did hundreds of thousands of simulation runs of Xbox One code and every spec that we have on the box, they're not just arbitrary numbers, they mean something.

LIFE HACK: Instead of yelling at people over arbitrary numbers on reviews or harassing people out of the industry for mildly janky face animations or whatever, just go play a fucking video game you enjoy.

I'm not saying you should change from rational forecasting to throwing a few arbitrary numbers in a hat and picking one, then dividing that number equally among your sales reps. I'm saying you should consider each rep's experience and performance as you create an overall sales number and individual quotas.

If a game looks good and runs well, why do we get in a tizzy over arbitrary numbers?

GFWL did have some unique features, of course — GFWL games could have achievements that give you points towards your Xbox «gamerscore» so you could increase a completely arbitrary number only Xbox gamers really cared about.

GFWL did have some unique features, of course — GFWL games could have achievements that give you points towards your Xbox «gamerscore» so you could increase a completely arbitrary number only Xbox gamers really cared about.

In women's clothes, where arbitrary numbers rather than waist size or inseam length indicate size, the fit can be even more unpredictable.

On the controversial issue of raising the minimum hourly wage in New York State to $ 15, Astorino said it «will definitely put businesses out of business,» and added, «Fifteen dollars an hour is a completely arbitrary number with real negative impacts.»

It's too bad we can't use the money we are wasting on meeting arbitrary numbers and divert it to where it will do more good, such as rewarding our best teachers with the pay they deserve.

If after all I've told you about how great this game is, and all of the video showing it in action doesn't sway you more than some fairly arbitrary numbers, I don't know what else to say.

If not, Usmanov will be throwing out arbitrary numbers without making any headway.

So for instance, if I can pump 2 ounces if I wait 2 hours, 4 ounces if I wait 4, but still only 4 ounces if I wait 6 hours (totally arbitrary numbers here), then my personal storage capacity is 4 ounces and I make that in somewhere between 4 - 6 hours (and you can experiment to get a more exact time).

I'm using arbitrary numbers because I'd like to see if there's a formula I could use - rather than the massive spreadsheet that's inevitably prone to error owing to the many calculation steps.

Because for years I threw around arbitrary numbers, like «I want to be a millionaire,» without any idea as to «why.»

Of course you can get any number you like for Pr (A B) if you're allowed to plug in arbitrary numbers for Pr (A), Pr (B) and Pr (B A).

This has set off the usual suspects in the self - styled «reform» cabal with complaints about how even these new systems aren't good enough because they fail to identify «enough» teachers, usually 5 to 10 % or some other arbitrary number, as being unsatisfactory.

It seemed like a totally arbitrary number — enough to shut us up, but not enough for a real trial of any kind being that it involved only a tiny fraction of the city's population.

For example — and using arbitrary numbers — if you employ only five keywords, your resume might end up on page 10 (no recruiter ever makes it to page 10); but if you use twenty keywords, you could end up on the first page.

It's a somewhat arbitrary number, but it's about the cost of a chai latte — in other words, a frivolous throw - away cost.

The number of founders» shares is an arbitrary number that's set formally when the company's founded, based on the ownership share your company determines to be fair.

And you can charge an arbitrary number of devices at any time.»

Bitcoin at 10,000 is just an arbitrary number.

As they continue to increase, you're more likely to summit Mount Everest than reach this inflated, expensive and arbitrary number.

Nevertheless, you must realize that determining whether or not a stock has sufficient liquidity is not as clear - cut as merely picking an arbitrary number such as 500,000 minimum shares per day.

It's an arbitrary number, which is why it carries no significance in economic theory.

* The technical definition of a bear market is a drawdown of 20 percent, but this is an arbitrary number, so I've included the four times that stocks have fallen 19 percent in this period.

I know these arbitrary numbers sometimes seem silly, but when looking at the data, you have to draw the line somewhere.

But then, when you get there, you realize a billion is sort of an arbitrary number.

I was using an arbitrary number of $ 8000 for net rental income after all expenses (taxes, insurance, management fees, repairs, etc) just to simplify the summary of the return on investment difference.

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In order to add blocks to the Blockchain, a miner must map an input data set (i.e., the Blockchain, plus a block of the most recent Bitcoin Network transactions and an arbitrary number called a «nonce») to a desired output data set of predetermined length (the «hash value») using the SHA - 256 cryptographic hash algorithm.

Not some arbitrary number set by your faith.

If we don't stop believing in some mythical «after life» whether floating on dream like clouds surrounded by sheep and guys like Jesus wearing white robes or getting some arbitrary number of virgins in «heaven» then we won't take the challenges facing us seriously.

It takes forever to heat up, forever to cool down and the arbitrary numbering system for «heat» (numbered 1 to 6) doesn't make anything easier.

The definition of intensive pig or poultry farms should only apply to farms with a stocking rate that clearly presents a higher risk to environment and amenity, not an arbitrary number of animals unassociated with land size or production model.

Trying to figure out these arbitrary numbers and rules that were apparently designed and implemented for the sake of maintaining public decency and morality so I'll know how when to be offended, and improve my chances of being inoffensive.