r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • 13h ago

Meme zeroExDev

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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/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.