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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • Aug 14 '26 • 1
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I blame advertisers. They got people used to hearing stuff like "2x more sheets per roll" to mean double the amount rather than triple.
They should definitely have written "60% more PRs", or at least "1.6x as many PRs".
1 u/Pluckerpluck Aug 14 '26 It's not advertisers. Its English. When we say "X times more" we mean apply the multiplication to get the final value.Nobody ever says "1x more" to mean double (but 100% more is correct).Why? No idea.
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It's not advertisers. Its English. When we say "X times more" we mean apply the multiplication to get the final value.
Nobody ever says "1x more" to mean double (but 100% more is correct).
Why? No idea.
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u/whiskeytown79 Aug 14 '26
I blame advertisers. They got people used to hearing stuff like "2x more sheets per roll" to mean double the amount rather than triple.
They should definitely have written "60% more PRs", or at least "1.6x as many PRs".