Population would grow until it strained the carrying capacity of the environment; then starvation, disease, and conflict would set in and scale back the Numbers.

随著人口不断地增长，将超过环境资源的承载力，然后饥饿、灾难和冲突将把人口重新减回原来的数量。

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Set reasonable limits, scale back your to-do list and make time to do the things you enjoy.

设置合理的限度，相应减少你要做的事情并且花点时间做一些你喜欢的事情。

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For this reason, benchmarks tend to scale back the timing for loading the last set of users if they are pushing the processor to its limit and to allow some time before measuring the steady state.

由于这个原因，如果装载上一组用户令处理器的负载达到极限，基准测试往往缩短装载时间，留出一段时间用于评测稳定状态。

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Another example from the medical device world, on a smaller scale: A Huthwaite-trained salesman set out to sell back braces to a doctor who was opposed to the use of braces.

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