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		linza on Jan 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X If more than (or equal to) half of computers are used by only one person, then the median user count is 1, no?

mulmen on Jan 9, 2020 [–]

If you have 3 PCs in the world, one with 0 users, one with 1 user and one with 23 users the median is 1.

Median is literally the middle, like a highway.

BanazirGalbasi on Jan 9, 2020 | [–]

They're just stating that having more than half of all computers with just 1 user guarantees that the median is 1.

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