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by Diesel555 1703 days ago
That article was a fun read! There was one sentence that bothered me though.

> I recommend that browsers ignore these hints because they are wrong much of the time. We calculated a 6.7% error rate for these attributes, where the size is not found in the image or the type does not match the file format.

I think of much in this context to mean at least more than 50% of the time. So I had to look up the definition of the word. One definition from Merriam is "more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough." So I guess the usage is acceptable!

I always enjoy finding I have a slightly wrong definition in my mind for a word. Many arguments, or much arguments, fail to move forward due to the differing, unidentified, underlying assumptions relying on words with slightly different definitions, both people having a slightly different question they are arguing in their mind.