Comment Comment by introspectif "after rolling out our optimizations, we saw our error rates (ie. the proportion of slow or timed out queries) drop by up to 400%"There is some good shared knowledge in the post (unlike this comment, to be fair), but what does drop by 400% mean?If a rate drops by 100% it becomes zero. I get that.If it increases by 400%, the outcome is slightly ambiguous (do we add 400% for 500% total or do we multiply up to 400% of the original value).But a rate decreasing by 400% - am I the only person who finds that (not uncommon) expression hard to conceptualize? parent introspectif 13 years ago
There is some good shared knowledge in the post (unlike this comment, to be fair), but what does drop by 400% mean?
If a rate drops by 100% it becomes zero. I get that.
If it increases by 400%, the outcome is slightly ambiguous (do we add 400% for 500% total or do we multiply up to 400% of the original value).
But a rate decreasing by 400% - am I the only person who finds that (not uncommon) expression hard to conceptualize?