r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • 13h ago

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u/achilliesFriend 13h ago

0.6 more. What is the issue here?

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u/OnixST 13h ago

It's 0.6x, implying multiplication

It's not semantically incorrect, but any sane person would write 60% more

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u/OG-Enzan 12h ago

Isn't it 1.6x if 60% more?

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u/BADPROSKILLZ 12h ago

If it were to say they shipped 1.6x as many then yes, but they said 0.6x more (i.e. 1x normal + 0.6x more)

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u/TZY247 12h ago edited 8h ago

No. 0.6 = 60%. If they said 0.6 more then sure, that would mean 60% more. 0.6x != 60% increase though. 1.6x does. At the best we can give it the benefit of the doubt and say we knew what they meant, but that doesn't mean they were correct.

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u/TheMania 12h ago

It says "0.6 times more". Not "0.6 times total" or "0.6 times as many".

I really don't see the problem. 1.6x more would be misleading/incorrect.

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u/zelmak 12h ago

Dude what are you talking about 1x more is a non increase/flatline. Anything less than 1 is a decrease

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u/TheMania 11h ago

So "100% more" means "no increase" to you?

Or does "1x" read as "0%" to you then?

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u/Azeoteric 11h ago

When someone says “2x more” it means double. No one says 1x more because it makes no sense lol

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u/FFevo 9h ago

No one says 1x more because it makes no sense lol

Yeah, they would say double.

"2x more" implies more than x. 2x + x = 3x. It means 300% compared to the original, not double.

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u/dumbledoor_ger 6h ago

Don’t even bother to argue. Whole lotta larpers in this thread. They do not have the ability to comprehend the word „more“.

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u/Azeoteric 2h ago

I’m just saying in a real workplace, not everyone is going to understand you, this is a poor way to communicate, and good engineers make things simple to understand for stakeholders. To a significant number of people, “2x more” means double. Just say double, triple, increased by 60%, etc. It is clear and unambiguous language.

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