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By “orders of magnitude” not exponentially Say it with me so we can normalize this usage
by vmception 5y ago
By “orders of magnitude”
not exponentially
Say it with me so we can normalize this usage
- waterhouse 5y agoThere are plenty of people who misuse the word "exponential", but in this case, assuming much of the period in question was during Moore's Law growth, "doubling every N months for many years on end" is genuinely exponential.
- vmception 5y agoAt higher numbers it is very hard for any whole number exponent >1 to be reached In any case what year was AI adblock attempted so we can check if this is one of the narrow use cases where exponential performance improvements occurred within computing “Orders of magnitude” will be more frequently correct and also include “exponential”, whereas “exponential” will be less frequently correct
- netr0ute 5y ago> not exponentially We don't know that the growth was n^x and not x^n.
- dangerbird2 5y agoWouldn't that be exponential vs polynomial?
- hyperbovine 5y agoPersonally, I err on the side of only correcting someone else’s speech when I know I am right.