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Yeah, "more slower" is indeed a weird way to phrase something. People should just refer to the absolute values, not to the differences. E.g. "1.4 times as fast
by fainpul 1y ago
Yeah, "more slower" is indeed a weird way to phrase something. People should just refer to the absolute values, not to the differences. E.g. "1.4 times as fast as …" or "1/2 as heavy as …".
If I read "300% slower", I like to think about time, not speed.
300% more time = 400% original time = 4 times as long = 1/4 the speed
- degamad 1y agoAnd that's where the confusion comes from: according to this, 300% faster refers to 300% more speed, whereas 300% slower refers to 300% more time.