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alfanicktoday at 3:26 PM1 replyview on HN

That would be oddly precise. More like "up to 50", or depending on speaker, "up to 100". /s


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fwiptoday at 3:30 PM

It would also be incorrect. "Up to" doesn't mean any possible upper bound, it describes the top of a known range. I can't say a car I'm selling goes "up to" 900mph if it tops out at 120mph.

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