If I told you that a user heard only the first 35% of the following sentence: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of Wezterm handles config file discovery—especially when launched via the desktop icon." -- what would you say the user heard?
If the user heard only the first 35% of that sentence, they would have heard:
"This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug"
The sentence is 21 words long, so 35% would be approximately 7.35 words, which rounds to about 7 words. The first 7 words are: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a"
However, since "a" by itself at the end would be awkward and incomplete, the most natural cutoff point for the first 35% would be at "bug" - giving the user: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug"
This partial sentence would tell the user that there's some kind of frustrating behavior happening and that it's caused by a bug, but they wouldn't know what specific software, component, or context is involved.
what about 50%
If the user heard the first 50% of that sentence, they would have heard:
"This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak"
The sentence is 21 words long, so 50% would be 10.5 words, which rounds to about 10-11 words. The first 10 words are: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the"
However, cutting off at "the" would be very awkward, so the most natural cutoff point for 50% would be at "Flatpak" - giving the user: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak"
At this point, the user would know:
- There's frustrating behavior occurring
- It's caused by a bug
- The bug is related to how the Flatpak (a Linux application distribution system) does something
- But they wouldn't yet know what specific application or what aspect of Flatpak's behavior is problematic
don't consider the awkwardness, the user is barging in on a bot
If the user heard exactly the first 50% of that sentence without considering awkwardness:
The sentence is 21 words long, so 50% is 10.5 words. Taking exactly the first 10.5 words (rounding to 11 words):
"This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the"
So the user heard: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the" - cutting off mid-phrase right at "the".
and the 35% again?
If the user heard exactly the first 35% of that sentence without considering awkwardness:
The sentence is 21 words long, so 35% is 7.35 words. Taking exactly the first 7.35 words (rounding to 7 words):
"This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to"
So the user heard: "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to" - cutting off right after "to".
how's about a breakdown of common percentages between 1-100, and how much the user would hear for each
Here's a breakdown of what the user would hear at various percentages of the 21-word sentence:
1% (0.21 → 0 words): "" 5% (1.05 → 1 word): "This" 10% (2.1 → 2 words): "This frustrating" 15% (3.15 → 3 words): "This frustrating behavior" 20% (4.2 → 4 words): "This frustrating behavior is" 25% (5.25 → 5 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing" 30% (6.3 → 6 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due" 35% (7.35 → 7 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to" 40% (8.4 → 8 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a" 45% (9.45 → 9 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug" 50% (10.5 → 11 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in" 55% (11.55 → 12 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how" 60% (12.6 → 13 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the" 65% (13.65 → 14 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak" 70% (14.7 → 15 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version" 75% (15.75 → 16 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of" 80% (16.8 → 17 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of Wezterm" 85% (17.85 → 18 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of Wezterm handles" 90% (18.9 → 19 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of Wezterm handles config" 95% (19.95 → 20 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of Wezterm handles config file" 100% (21 words): "This frustrating behavior is surfacing due to a bug in how the Flatpak version of Wezterm handles config file discovery—especially when launched via the desktop icon."