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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can someone explain this joke to me

"I'm writing a recursive method with threads to optimize the CPU usage in a 0.02%"

I understand everything apart from the "in a 0.02%". What does that mean? How can something be in a percentage?

[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

It's a nonsensical statement to us programmers too.

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