import time


def should_timeout(start_time, timeout_value):
    """
    Returns True if the delta between the
    start_time and the current_time is greater

    All time values are the time in seconds since
    the epoch as a floating point number

    :param start_time: the time before the loop starts
    :type start_time: float
    :param timeout_value: number of seconds to timeout after
    :type timeout_value: int/float
    :rtype: bool
    """
    return (time.time() - start_time) > timeout_value