Measurement Challenges

This cluster focuses on discussions questioning how to measure or quantify various concepts, often intangible qualities like passion or potential, and debating whether unmeasurable things matter or can be accurately assessed.

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mehrdadn Aug 5, 2019 View on HN

Depends what you're trying to measure.

pyinstallwoes Aug 27, 2022 View on HN

How can you possibly measure that?

candu Aug 7, 2014 View on HN

More importantly: can you measure it?

foogazi May 14, 2023 View on HN

If it can’t be measured does it matter ?

specialist Aug 2, 2023 View on HN

Interesting. How's that measured, quantified?

notriddle Jan 2, 2021 View on HN

Do you know how to measure that?

stinos Jan 16, 2024 View on HN

How to decide whether it's worth measuring without measuring?

redblacktree Aug 23, 2013 View on HN

How do you measure that though?

DANmode Sep 28, 2023 View on HN

Depends what you're measuring.

jdthedisciple Sep 16, 2023 View on HN

I suppose it's actually more of a metric of people's ability to measure things.