Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. The boring version of this is the one that works, and the boring version is: measure a baseline, change one variable, wait, measure again under the same conditions. Nobody wants that answer and it is still the answer.
Reporting back.
Resolved, and the thing that resolved it was the least interesting suggestion in the thread. Writing that down for the next person who wants the interesting answer.
Found this through search years later and it is still the best discussion of the question, so adding one thing. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.
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Shop Reference Standardsdan_philly said:Resolved, and the thing that resolved it was the least interesting suggestion in the thread.
That is right, and it stops being right at the edges. The general case is well behaved; the interesting cases in this thread are all at the boundary where the general case breaks.
dan_philly said:Resolved, and the thing that resolved it was the least interesting suggestion in the thread.
Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. I will report back once I have actually tried it.