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This use of "faster" in the text; I think they mean "as fast". "1x faster" to me says twice the speed of the original, but I believe they use it to mean "the s
by michaelcampbell 4y ago
This use of "faster" in the text; I think they mean "as fast".
"1x faster" to me says twice the speed of the original, but I believe they use it to mean "the same speed".
- smcl 4y agoThat's not actually a bad observation even though you were downvoted. I think in the end it's technically ambiguous but most people would be able to see what is meant especially given the previous performance is present (i.e. for benchmark "deltablue" we have columns "12.4 ms" and "6.35 ms (1.96x faster)". But you're right, I think "1.96x as fast" sounds more correct. edit: but now that I think about it "X as fast" or "X faster" in terms of a duration will always sound a bit weird
- michaelcampbell 4y agoIt's an OCD pet peeve of mine. Worse yet is "2x slower!" To me, 1x slower is "stopped". I know they MEAN "1/2 the speed", but it still bugs me.
- smcl 4y agoOh that's like the US thing of saying something as "10 times less than ..." rather than "one tenth of ..."
- michaelcampbell 4y agoExactly that. I'm in the US and see it, but didn't know it was a US "thing". But yes, that.
- smcl 4y agoIt could also just be a new thing for English overall that I've associated more with the USA because I listen to or watch a lot of American podcasts, videos and streamers. I'm not the type who gets worked up at American vs British English :-)