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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by parminya on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:22PM (#33169403)
No matter how common it is, I never know what "2.5x less than some reference number" means. Is it "divide the reference number by 2.5"?
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by lucb1e on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:37PM (#33170693)
Correct, i.e. 40W instead of 100W. It sounded more impressive than "40% of the original value" so I went with "2.5x less". Not the best measure to choose one's words by, admittedly.
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by iso1631 on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:07PM (#33194436)
40W LED? Wow that's big! I think the biggest LED bulb I have is 11W
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by lucb1e on Thursday October 13, 2022 @06:39PM (#33197402)
2x20 (notice plural 'bulbs' in the original message a few steps up the thread), and this is actually measured whereas iirc the box said a bit less

And yes, in my opinion we erred on the high side, but it's not far off from what the original incandescent (which apparently was 2x50W, measured).

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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:40PM (#33172524)
You managed to say that immediately. Were there other serious explanations that came to mind? If not then you need to have more self-confidence because you do know!
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