alt Hacker News"order of magnitude" seems to also be silly-speak very often, trying to sound more technical than "ten times".
i suppose it is similar to "exponentially" being used when it doesn't mean exponentially.
"order of magnitude" seems to also be silly-speak very often, trying to sound more technical than "ten times".
i suppose it is similar to "exponentially" being used when it doesn't mean exponentially.
> "order of magnitude" seems to also be silly-speak very often, trying to sound more technical than "ten times".
But these are two different things. If I hear "ten times" I assume the person actually means ten times; when they say "an order of magnitude", I'm aware they might mean 8 or 12.