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kuu · 2021-05-04 15:14:09+00:00

So basically what I said:

> And of course, don't pretend to put limits at 10 when they weren't earlier on.

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sincerely | karma 2403 | avg karma 3.51 · | 2018-11-01 16:54:57

> You can't just pick a limit and expect people to follow it if it's unreasonably low.

...why not?

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jcastro | karma 3377 | avg karma 6.37 · | 2017-05-31 17:19:05

There's a great example on why setting limits is a good thing from one of Kelsey Hightower's talks, for some reason your initial comment triggered remembering this advice: https://youtu.be/HlAXp0-M6SY?t=21m51s

sumedh | karma 3033 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2017-11-18 03:48:59+00:00

> I believe, there should be an upper limit.

What should be the upper limit and who defines it?

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xnx | karma 10086 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2023-09-06 07:37:54

Amen. Enforce the limit as written or change the limit.

gameswithgo | karma 10455 | avg karma 3.71 · | 2019-11-08 17:43:45+00:00

It is better to not set limits.

dragonwriter | karma 118260 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2022-04-25 13:44:44

> The current limit was still arbitrarily chosen

Right, it was even more arbitrarily chosen based on stylistic preferences not any communication system constraint.

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vxNsr | karma 4947 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2020-03-29 17:22:18+00:00

So set a lower limit

mobiplayer | karma 300 | avg karma 1.06 · | 2015-01-22 09:37:58+00:00

It's not that. There are two approaches here:

1) You're just playing: You want a limit. 2) You're serious about it: You want a warning.

Easy enough to understand I hope.

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thatoneuser | karma 1024 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2019-04-08 02:21:28

What were the limits?

jeffbarr | karma 15510 | avg karma 15.15 · | 2015-05-16 19:31:46

You are correct; that limit can be raised. Just ask!

blooalien | karma 1464 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2021-07-15 12:05:37

Changing limits does not eliminate them entirely, however. There are still limits, and those limits can still be exceeded.

kevinstubbs | karma 254 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2017-04-04 20:52:51

Just curious, why is the limit 10 (and not say 11) and why have a limit at all?

iampims | karma 1377 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2016-02-16 04:00:53

There are some limits they can't/don't want to increase.

WalterBright | karma 71923 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2020-12-28 23:54:24+00:00

> the first limit mentioned was a fabrication

As the process goes on, the company may decide you offer more value than they originally anticipated, hence are worth a higher limit.

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RyanHamilton | karma 620 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2020-10-11 18:17:21+00:00

>>technically just as practical What makes you think that? My experience has been that getting closer to perfection requires increasingly more effort as you approach it. In this case, having a larger limit would allow monitoring and correction in case of an error without any kind of "trip" being triggered.

SilasX | karma 17521 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2020-02-25 18:55:20

I agree, which was I was only criticizing the point against "there should not be a limit at all" -- I don't know what you're disagreeing with that I said.

aswanson | karma 5136 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2008-12-11 06:53:19

I said they may have found a bound. I didn't say it was; it said there may be a limit. Re-read the ancestor.

kelseyfrog | karma 8211 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2023-03-17 14:45:11

they didn't understand limits

finnn | karma 2652 | avg karma 4.95 · | 2016-01-31 17:45:31+00:00

Note that that's the current limits, but they have stated that they plan to raise them greatly in the future