Obviously-- and that's a bad way of saying it, I said constant the previous time-- in the linear case, it's subtract by certain amount.

这么描述很不准确，我之前在，线性算法中也说了常数,它是每次减少固定的量。

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Subtract a one-time charge related to its acquisition of graphics chip specialist ATI, and AMD reported a loss of 90 cents per share during its March quarter, far short of analyst expectations of a loss of 48 cents per share--even after AMD had guided estimates lower not once but twice over the preceding quarter.

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He could add and subtract using his fingers, but he could not tell the time, he did not know the seasons and he could not understand directions.

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