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It really isn't and it should be trivial to intuit this. What is 1 times faster? If your interpretation is correct, that's not faster at all. Do you stand by t

by hurril 4y ago

It really isn't and it should be trivial to intuit this. What is 1 times faster? If your interpretation is correct, that's not faster at all. Do you stand by this?

kilotaras 4y ago
> What is 1 times faster? If your interpretation is correct, that's not faster at all. I'm no OP, but I would stand by this, yes. In <= 1 case "as fast" instead of "faster" would probably be preferable, but for 2.5x I see no problem.
- hurril 4y ago
  Something that is 50% faster, is in fact only going half as fast according to you? My car is 1 times faster than yours so it's so much faster that it isn't faster at all. It's just as fast.
  - kilotaras 4y ago
    I parse "N% faster" as "N% more fast" as in "delta is positive and N% of base". I parse "N times (or Nx) faster" as "ratio of after/before is equal to N". So "50% faster" is equivalent to "1.5 times faster". I genuinely don't understand the point you're making.
    - hurril 4y ago
      N% more fast and X times more fast are equivalent. 10% more fast is 1.1 times more fast. 50% more fast is 1.5 times more fast. 100% more fast is 1 times more fast. 200% more fast is 3 times more fast. N% more fast is 1 + N / 100 times more fast. Change factor. 100% more fast is 1 times more fast. This is mellanstadiematte in Sweden. We do this when we are 10-11. I'm guessing you did too.
rcme 4y ago
1 times faster doesn’t make sense. “Faster” implies one thing is “more fast” than the other. 1 times faster actually means “as fast” so faster isn’t an appropriate word to use. That’s where your confusion is coming from. The rule is X is N times faster than Y means speed(X) = N * speed(Y). Read “N * speed(Y)” out loud: “N times the speed of Y”.
- hurril 4y ago
  I understand the point you are making but the problem is that of a conflation and not that of equivalence. The price of gas is 10% higher this week than last week. A.k.a.: the price this week is 1.1 times the previous week. I was going 50% faster than my friend was. A.k.a.: my speed was 1.5 times his'. You were going 100% times faster than me, so you were going twice as fast as I was. Change factor. 1 + the change / 100.
  - rcme 4y ago
    When using percents (e.g. N% faster), then you just add 1. So N% faster is (1 + N/100) times faster.

by hurril 4y ago

It really isn't and it should be trivial to intuit this. What is 1 times faster? If your interpretation is correct, that's not faster at all. Do you stand by this?

kilotaras 4y ago

> What is 1 times faster? If your interpretation is correct, that's not faster at all. I'm no OP, but I would stand by this, yes. In <= 1 case "as fast" instead of "faster" would probably be preferable, but for 2.5x I see no problem.

hurril 4y ago
Something that is 50% faster, is in fact only going half as fast according to you? My car is 1 times faster than yours so it's so much faster that it isn't faster at all. It's just as fast.
- kilotaras 4y ago
  I parse "N% faster" as "N% more fast" as in "delta is positive and N% of base". I parse "N times (or Nx) faster" as "ratio of after/before is equal to N". So "50% faster" is equivalent to "1.5 times faster". I genuinely don't understand the point you're making.
  - hurril 4y ago
    N% more fast and X times more fast are equivalent. 10% more fast is 1.1 times more fast. 50% more fast is 1.5 times more fast. 100% more fast is 1 times more fast. 200% more fast is 3 times more fast. N% more fast is 1 + N / 100 times more fast. Change factor. 100% more fast is 1 times more fast. This is mellanstadiematte in Sweden. We do this when we are 10-11. I'm guessing you did too.

rcme 4y ago

1 times faster doesn’t make sense. “Faster” implies one thing is “more fast” than the other. 1 times faster actually means “as fast” so faster isn’t an appropriate word to use. That’s where your confusion is coming from. The rule is X is N times faster than Y means speed(X) = N * speed(Y). Read “N * speed(Y)” out loud: “N times the speed of Y”.

hurril 4y ago
I understand the point you are making but the problem is that of a conflation and not that of equivalence. The price of gas is 10% higher this week than last week. A.k.a.: the price this week is 1.1 times the previous week. I was going 50% faster than my friend was. A.k.a.: my speed was 1.5 times his'. You were going 100% times faster than me, so you were going twice as fast as I was. Change factor. 1 + the change / 100.
- rcme 4y ago
  When using percents (e.g. N% faster), then you just add 1. So N% faster is (1 + N/100) times faster.