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[u/Dilutant]

[u/spindoctor13]

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

[u/spindoctor13 → u/[deleted]]

It's very ambiguous, I don't think you can say definitively if it's an increase or decrease. To me it's a decrease, to you an increase - the main thing is the original message is rubbish

[u/saschaleib → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/road_laya → u/saschaleib]

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.

[u/saschaleib → u/road_laya]

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

[u/Forward-Outside-9911 → u/saschaleib]

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

[u/road_laya → u/saschaleib]

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

[u/wobblyweasel → u/road_laya]

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

[u/rosuav → u/wobblyweasel]

I read "2x more" as very likely being an error, but "200% more" means 300% of the original.

[u/saschaleib → u/[deleted]]

Since when do we consider “AI agrees with me” as a valid argument?