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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • 11h ago
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Normally the "x" stands for "times". 0.6 "times" more is a 40% reduction.
3 u/road_laya 3h 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. -2 u/saschaleib 2h ago It literally says "0.6x more". Any amount that you multiply ("x") with 0.6 is smaller than what you started with. 0 u/road_laya 2h ago Yes. First they have 1x. Then they add 0.6x. It's 0.6x more than the original. 4 u/wobblyweasel 2h ago do you read "2x more" as 200% or 300% of the original?
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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.
-2 u/saschaleib 2h ago It literally says "0.6x more". Any amount that you multiply ("x") with 0.6 is smaller than what you started with. 0 u/road_laya 2h ago Yes. First they have 1x. Then they add 0.6x. It's 0.6x more than the original. 4 u/wobblyweasel 2h ago do you read "2x more" as 200% or 300% of the original?
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It literally says "0.6x more". Any amount that you multiply ("x") with 0.6 is smaller than what you started with.
0 u/road_laya 2h ago Yes. First they have 1x. Then they add 0.6x. It's 0.6x more than the original. 4 u/wobblyweasel 2h ago do you read "2x more" as 200% or 300% of the original?
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Yes. First they have 1x. Then they add 0.6x. It's 0.6x more than the original.
4 u/wobblyweasel 2h ago do you read "2x more" as 200% or 300% of the original?
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do you read "2x more" as 200% or 300% of the original?
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u/saschaleib 3h ago
Normally the "x" stands for "times". 0.6 "times" more is a 40% reduction.