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> Its inner diameter is 20 micrometers, which is about 100% finer than the best commercially available tips. "100% finer", who uses language like this? I don't
by bolangi 11mo ago
> Its inner diameter is 20 micrometers, which is about 100% finer than the best commercially available tips.
"100% finer", who uses language like this? I don't even know what it means. How about "half the diameter"?
- wlesieutre 11mo agoI can only assume the new nozzle is infinitely fine
- dtgriscom 11mo agoIt's a new world, where politicians claim they can cut prices by hundreds of percent.
- Terr_ 11mo agoIf I had my 'druthers, all percentages would be replaced by multiplication factors. I would especially eradicate percentages combined with modifiers like "more", "less", "grows by", etc., which easily leads to awkward or impossibly ambiguous statements. In other words, kids won't learn "150% more" but instead "2.5x". Nothing will be described as "shrinks by 30%", it'll just be 0.70x. While advertisers/marketers may love percentages for tricking people with a Big Happy Number, mathematically they are extra work at best, and sometimes they just ruin everything like this "100% finer" nonsense."
- pennomi 11mo agoFine means small, and it’s not a terribly uncommon definition, especially when talking about materials, like paper or textiles.
- kbelder 11mo agoSo "100% smaller". I'm not sure it improves the sentence much.