每个希望“成功”的美国人也都知道对失败的恐惧，因为成功的神话不可避免地意味着成就和失败、明星和普通人之间的比较。

Every American who hopes to "make it" also knows the fear of failure, because the myth of success inevitably implies comparison between the haves and the have-nots, the stars and the anonymous crowd.

youdao

最好完全避免使用浮点数比较。

It would be best to try to avoid floating point comparison entirely.

youdao

他们还强调了避免表面比较和“升降机经济学”(elevator economics)的重要性，“升降机经济学”强调不同时间和不同国家间的微小差异。

They also say the importance of avoiding superficial comparisons and "elevator economics" that stress small differences over time and across countries.

youdao

so in some sense it's safer, it avoids the 0, although I mean it's true it avoids the 0 but it also doesn't get the 5 and the 4.

某些情况下选下是比较安全的,因为他避免了0收益,我的意思是它的确避免了0收益,但选它也得不到5和4这连个最大收益

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