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Is there any publication which demonstrates that the improvement is really 10x?

• ggm 6mo ago
  It's like "decimate" -you would think 10x had literal force, but it's more figurative. It just means "moar" (decimate had specific literal intent. Now it's just a force modifier like bigly)
  • peterashford 6mo ago
    The literal meaning was removing 1/10
    • nemosaltat 6mo ago
      > Removing 1/10 feels euphemistic for the original “colloquial” usage I have for it. > The killing of one in ten, chosen by lots, from a rebellious city or a mutinous army was a punishment sometimes used by the Romans. The word has been used (loosely and unetymologically, to the irritation of pedants) since 1660s for "destroy a large but indefinite number of." [0] [0] https://www.etymonline.com/word/decimate https://www.etymonline.com/word/decimate
      • peterashford 6mo ago
        Yup. What amuses me is that people think that decimate is to massively degrade something. I assume they're thinking "reduce to 1/10th" rather than "reduce to 9/10th". The effect is markedly different
• zetanor 6mo ago
  A watched pot never boils. A watched vibe coder never 10x-es.