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Re:Firefox Nightly on macOS: decrease in power usage by a fa... by deftturtle on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:21AM (#20867378)
When people say 3 fold, they mean 3 times. I think fold should mean 2^3. When you fold a piece of paper, it doubles each time.

So on the news when they talk about a 10 fold increase, I know they mean 10 times and not 1024 times.

Does anyone else here feel the same, or is fold just another confusing colloquialism?

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Re:Firefox Nightly on macOS: decrease in power usage by a fa... by jcranberry on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @03:52PM (#20870474)
Well, when you fold something you don't necessarily have to fold it in half.
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