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> So I think it's fair to say that (despite certain engineering books and management directives) the optimal number of tests isn't as many as we can possibly come up with.

Are there really (mainstream, well-regarded) books which promote the idea of endlessly ideating and writing tests? This isn't a narrative I'm aware of?


In mice (reminded of: https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice)


Ok, but mechanisms at this level are more likely to translate to effects in humans than e.g. "autism".

OTOH, there's the quote "rats, when experimented upon, develop cancer" (attribution lost in the mist of time), so some caution is certainly warranted.


Swallowing sweetened water with levels that may be reached by humans if pushing for the max.. Extreme bit not super extreme.

Mice would never conduct experiments on humans with levels that were not relevant for their daily lifes.


The only story I know about mice experimenting on humans is the Hitchhiker's Guide, and I think I'm overdue another one. Any recommendations?


For a 100kg human the levels of consumption would be half a gram of sucralose per day to approximate the mice yield. That's 33 packets of Splenda or 5 bottles of prime energy drink assuming a 200:1 ratio compared to Gatorade's sugar. Hardly extreme.


>That's 33 packets of Splenda or 5 bottles of prime energy drink assuming a 200:1 ratio compared to Gatorade's sugar. Hardly extreme.

That seems extremely extreme to me but as a fan of water so >0 Primes and/or Splenda packets per day every day seems extreme so I may lack context.


In a previous life as a front-end developer using Sass, I had a single z-indexes module in which they would all be defined.


As an aside, isn't it a little weird for a legal document such as this to use his initials over something more formal like "Mr Bankman-Fried"?


It's not a legal document, it's a press release. There will be legal documents involved in the arrest but we're unlikely to see them.


OK sorry bad terminology. Nonetheless from a legal authority. The SEC's press release (https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-219) is much more in keeping with what I would expect.


The struck-through:

> and then receive a reply in the form of "here's what I found on the web...

Really made me chuckle. As a non-Apple user who has to put up with Homepods, this rings so very true.


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I share your perspective. Ultimately, I see the situation as somewhat analogous to having a professional work on your house. You rely on their expertise to direct what is and isn't essential, and really lack any ability to measure the outcome (e.g. is this harder wearing material or building technique really worth the extra time and money).

Again, as you say, I think the solution is simply to develop trust with the stakeholders to whom you're trying to sell the ideas. Technical leads - in a unique position of understanding the costs and the benefits - must be vigilant to bat away the spurious claims that certain topics (such as those you mention) require addressing, as trust lost is difficult to recoup.


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