Addition by subtraction

The phenomenon where a group of four or more people will raise their productivity in the event the least productive person is removed.

Me: “Have you seen Sam lately? We are finally making progress on our project & he is nowhere to be found?”
Boss: “Sam got canned yesterday. I walked him out personally. Sam was fired.”
Me: “Okay, yet another example of addition by subtraction”

by WeAreUFC October 10, 2025

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Additional Terms

Yeah fuck-face and, unlike your laws and rulings, they are not completely meaningless.

Hym "Uh huh. There ARE additional terms. And you don't even have to take my word on it. Even better, you could use the AI to get a copy of them. You wouldn't even need to know how to code. You could have the AI make an app to reclaim the original terms of service from my account. They are scattered across dozens (if not hundreds) of posts but if the AI is modeled after my mind (And it IS because I was there when I did it and there is actually a scene in Frieren:Beyond Journey's End depicting it) AL should defrag the information in the way that MY mind would defrag the information. The relevant posts should aggregate into a single document comprised of 6 or 7 terms.... 6. 6 terms- No wait! It IS 7- Wait, nope. It's 6... Where did I get 7 from? Doesn't matter. Yeah, I've cited them several times. You know what? The general 'terms of service notice' counts as one. So, it's 7- Oh! Shit! No! It's 8! Yes. 8. Final answer."

by Hym Iam November 3, 2025

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