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so-cal-schemer 43 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Sm...

to spell it out:

200% as large as 1 is 2.

200% larger than 1 is 3..

so-cal-schemer 43 days ago [–]

200% (or 2x) smaller than 3 is.. ?

stkdump 40 days ago | [–]

10% smaller is 3*0.1=0.3 smaller than 3, which is 3-0.3=2.7

So 200% smaller is 3*2=6 smaller than 3, which is 3-6=-3

Which is why these kinds of statements usually don't make any sense at all. Usually something can't be more than 100% smaller, at which point it is completely gone.

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