12 karma · joined December 18, 2014
A rule where the numbers are increasing does not explain why 3 or 5 or 6 is missing from the sequence in that version of the question that is much more common.
However, when I run across someone who helpfully wrapped the standard interfaces in the code I need to maintain. I want to burn him alive.
I find this attitude to be a little disingenuous. Obviously every bug cannot be estimated perfectly, but the majority of the time there is some initial data to make a reasonable estimate with a margin of error.
For instance to name a few:
- Past experience with the module associated.
- Whether or not it has been reproduced locally.
- Similarity to other bugs that have come up in the past.
For instance if 40 of your friends go in to a casino and all pick a different number on the roulette wheel and one of them hits, it does not mean that it was a good method.