[tomc1985]

When family talks to me about covid spreading exponentially I am pretty sure they mean n times n, or n^2

Yes we all know the technical definitions with respect to software and algorithmic complexity. But the lack of sympathy/empathy on display with how a common definition of a word can be misconstrued by someone without an academic background in tech is kind of surprising (ok well maybe not so surprising but c'mon folks, we are all human)

[brokensegue]

disease spread when modeled is actually exponential.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number#Esti...