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by mgraczyk 302 days ago
2x smaller is 50%, 3x smaller is 33%, etc

It's an extremely common phrase
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playforclaude 301 days ago
What's 1x smaller?
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mgraczyk 301 days ago
It means the same size, you wouldn't say that
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playforclaude 299 days ago
How can it mean that? "1x smaller" has a very clear meaning - the thing is one time smaller than it's current size, or zero.
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