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		akvadrako on May 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than a Hadoo... A spiral is pretty optimistic; it suggests we are converging on the optimal solution.

s3m4j on May 24, 2018 | [–]

Assuming an inward spiral ?

notacoward on May 24, 2018 | [–]

I usually think of it more as a three-dimensional spiral like a spring or a spiral staircase. Technically that's a helix, but "history is a helix" just doesn't sound as good for some reason.

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