agreed...thought of that after writing it, and thanks for noting it too.

i thought the order of magnitude is often hipster phrasing, even on HN at times, but, when actually intended, it's like saying floor(log_base10( whatever )), so the ten times thing would have to be "roughly ten times" for example, to be comparable.

Also, in some contexts the base isn't presumed to be 10, of course, though around here in loose jargon that's usually what folks are saying.