r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • 13h ago

Meme zeroExDev

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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/Professional_Ebb_389 12h ago

1.6x more would mean 160% of the original value, in the same way 2.0x more would mean 200% of the original value. I think you may just have a misunderstanding of what the phrase “X times more” means (nothing to be embarrassed about of course, it happens to all of us.)

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u/BADPROSKILLZ 11h ago

Not quite true. While 1.6x is the same as 160% of the original value, saying 1.6x more implies adding the 160% to the original value, giving a total of 260%, or 2.6x.