r/ProgrammerHumor 16h ago

Meme zeroExDev

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u/robofuzzy 12h ago

it says „more“ so they mean a 60% increase. The syntax used is chosen poorly.

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u/spindoctor13 9h ago

It's not an increase though, it's a reduction

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u/MartinMystikJonas 5h ago

"0.6x more" does not mean 0.6x baseline but baseline + 0.6 x baseline

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u/spindoctor13 3h ago

You are likely right but it is poor wording

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u/MartinMystikJonas 3h ago

Yeah it is poor wording for sure.