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Thanks for the comment, I should have had this in here originally. I think it might be worth adding a little explanation like:

# Calculated using 1/exp(5sec/1min) = 1/exp(5/60)

the source is https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/linux/sched/loadavg.h#L21

If you feel like 1 second is better, then the new constant would be 0.98347145382161748947374 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2Fexp%281%2F60%29