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Not really, that doesn't make sense. It's "0.5x the speed of b". Saying "faster" when it's really actually slower is just confusing and ungrammatical. Likewise
by __david__ 11y ago
Not really, that doesn't make sense. It's "0.5x the speed of b". Saying "faster" when it's really actually slower is just confusing and ungrammatical. Likewise saying "1x faster" when it's actually the same speed is gratuitously confusing.
- idbehold 11y agoWhat doesn't make sense? Saying "A is 50% faster than B" is equivalent to "A is 150% as fast as B". Same goes for "A is 0.5x faster than B" which is equivalent to "A is 1.5x as fast as B". There is a very distinct difference between "faster than" and "as fast as" which should be very clear now.
- mc808 11y agoYou're 100% right (2x right?), but I think this is one of those situations like "bimonthly", where people usually intend it to mean twice a month instead of every two months. It's completely ambiguous with potentially significant costs for misunderstanding, but people refuse to make themselves clear, just because.