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[–] 17 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Also: uptime percentage must be computed as the intersection of uptime across services, not the union.

GitHub Actions: 98.31% uptime. We say something like: GitHub Actions: 12 hours affected in the last 30 days (98.31% uptime).

Normal people have no understanding of percentages or numbers, I agree saying 12 hours of downtime is more useful, but I’m also tired of trying to contextualize numbers for the numerically illiterate.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    "innumerate", same as illiterate, but for numbers. Not sure if it's a common enough word for people to understand what you're talking about, but still there it is

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