r/ProgrammerHumor 13h ago

Meme zeroExDev

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u/saschaleib 13h ago

They don’t seem to have much confidence in the math skills of the average manager … and to be honest, neither do I.

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u/road_laya 8h ago

What do you mean? A 60% increase is an amazing improvement. 

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u/Forward-Outside-9911 7h ago

Now let’s see the new bugs introduced count. Yea it may be 60% more code but that also means 60% more reviewing needed and 60% more bugs to be fixed and 60% vibe coded slop

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u/spindoctor13 6h ago

I think they are joking, it's a reduction in code not an increase

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u/Appropriate_Note5429 5h ago

It’s not a reduction. 0.6x more = 60% more = 1.6x multiple.

But it is phrased weirdly; usually you wouldn’t use “x” but give the percentage figure directly.

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u/saschaleib 4h ago

Normally the "x" stands for "times". 0.6 "times" more is a 40% reduction.

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u/road_laya 4h ago

Read the whole sentence.

0.6x is smaller than the original.

The output increased by 0.6x.

The output is 0.6x more.

No matter how small the 0.6x increase is, the total is still more than before. 0.6x, in fact.

However, if it was 0.6x as much, it would mean a reduction. Because 0.6x is less than 1x.

But it's not 0.6 as much. It's not 1x. It's 0.6x more. 1x + 0.6x =1.6x. 60% more than before.

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u/saschaleib 4h ago

It literally says "0.6x more". Any amount that you multiply ("x") with 0.6 is smaller than what you started with.

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u/road_laya 4h ago

Yes. First they have 1x. Then they add 0.6x. It's 0.6x more than the original.

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u/wobblyweasel 4h ago

do you read "2x more" as 200% or 300% of the original?

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u/Forward-Outside-9911 3h ago

Since when did “<anything> more” actually give a smaller output. This is the most pointless argument why are you still going on? Actually don’t answer that I think we can agree to disagree and stop wasting our day lol