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okhobb · 2022-01-26 14:31:46

Not sure I'm following the "more like 14%" ... can you explain that calculation?

jerrysievert | karma 2039 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2019-12-16 01:46:50

the article says 0.14% (0.14102564102564102%), not 14%. that's quite the difference from the current HN title claiming 14%.

editing to add that since this comment, the "article" has been updated to say "14%", but the actual math still doesn't fit that assertion.

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meandmycode | karma 184 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2023-09-17 04:48:16

Do you have a source for the 14%?

taspeotis | karma 8181 | avg karma 4.93 · | 2016-07-07 12:22:25+00:00

I thought it was 0.15% for both but I see I've misread the data. Thanks for doing the math.

Toine | karma 609 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2019-08-16 06:48:14+00:00

I'm not sure your number is correct. It's more like 20%.

jonahx | karma 6127 | avg karma 4.32 · | 2013-09-02 13:48:57

This seems about right, but I'd venture it's 80% 2) and 20% 1).

staticman2 | karma 1521 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2022-11-04 04:12:56

Looks like closer to 15%.

xeromal | karma 6583 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2021-03-16 17:08:15+00:00

I think it's something like .0000000000000004%

phito | karma 1135 | avg karma 3.09 · | 2023-04-13 20:04:38

Where do you get that from...? Everything I find online says it's between 40% and 50%. 0.3% makes no sense.

yongers | karma 15 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2014-11-19 13:13:04+00:00

good point! my bad. just checked the source. it is 53.8% and 23.8% respectively. Would make the correction on the original post but seems that it's too late for me to make the correction now.

titzer | karma 17889 | avg karma 4.42 · | 2016-09-26 09:56:34

Wouldn't that be 42.7% + (57.3% * .25) = 57%?

afjl | karma 140 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2020-03-27 15:00:58

Hm, not OP but I'm guessing 5-10% maybe?

mbid | karma 551 | avg karma 5.01 · | 2017-12-12 09:28:54+00:00

Actually, it's 0.23 / 1.23 ~= 18.7% of the remaining 55%.

QuesnayJr | karma 1126 | avg karma 1.57 · | 2019-12-28 23:24:21+00:00

It says 279% in the second paragraph. (And in the third paragraph it says 350%.)

benatkin | karma 7495 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2013-10-05 02:33:53+00:00

Very good point. I would, however, write that as 0.15%.

amatix | karma 445 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2017-04-11 09:32:46+00:00

Yeah, that's how the 5% becomes 14% equivalent in @jessriedel's numbers.

babaganoosh89 | karma 512 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2018-05-23 00:04:20+00:00

Are you sure that's right? I don't get how that adds up to 40%.

davej | karma 2048 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2011-03-16 01:57:46+00:00

Wow, I had imagined it to be around 10%. Thanks for being forthcoming.

moru0011 | karma 51 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2015-05-30 11:19:30+00:00

I'd assume like 20% :-)

nradov | karma 36463 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2019-01-31 15:41:17

That's included in the 2.4% estimate.