thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoWhat petty hill will you die on?message-squaremessage-square437fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat petty hill will you die on?thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square437fedilinkfile-text
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year ago“times less” is not an intuitive, easy to understand way of referring to a decrease in some amount or percentage.
minus-squareNarrrz@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRight? If something has “100x less” something, does that mean it has 1%? 0.99%? Some other random figure?? What are you even trying to convey???
minus-squareUsernameblankface@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI usually hear numbers less than 10 used with times less. Do you have an example for 100 times less? I’m curious to see this figurative trainwreck.
“times less” is not an intuitive, easy to understand way of referring to a decrease in some amount or percentage.
Right? If something has “100x less” something, does that mean it has 1%? 0.99%? Some other random figure?? What are you even trying to convey???
I usually hear numbers less than 10 used with times less. Do you have an example for 100 times less? I’m curious to see this figurative trainwreck.