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# hotness = age_in_minutes / (votes**2.5)
age_in_minutes = (((link.created_at.to_f / 60).floor * 60) - ((Time.now.to_f / 60).floor * 60)) / -60
hotness = age_in_minutes / (link.votes**2.5)
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If you're doing Time#to_f#floor, isn't that the same as Time#to_i, which is the number of seconds?

In that case, you can say:

age_in_minutes = (Time.now - link.created_at) / 60.0
hotness = age_in_minutes / (link.votes**2.5)

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