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   * <p><b>Note:</b> essentially the only reason to use this method is when you will need to add or
   * remove elements later. Otherwise, for non-null elements use {@link ImmutableList#of()} (for

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   * <p>Assuming we have saturated demand, the time to go from maxPermits to thresholdPermits is
   * equal to warmupPeriod. And the time to go from thresholdPermits to 0 is warmupPeriod/2. (The
   * reason that this is warmupPeriod/2 is to maintain the behavior of the original implementation
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   *
   * <p>It remains to calculate thresholdsPermits and maxPermits.
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