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Re:Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road co... by smcl on Monday October 23, 2023 @04:48AM (#37983124)
It's a third of $40k, "three times less" than $40k would be -$80k
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Re:Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road co... by dag11 on Monday October 23, 2023 @04:52AM (#37983157)
"X times less" is actually a technically meaningless statement, but colloquially would mean 1/X. There's nothing to be gained by being pedantic over that
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Re:Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road co... by smcl on Monday October 23, 2023 @12:55PM (#37988326)
It's just annoying to see, like when people write "less then" or "should of"
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