Percentage Disputes

Users question, correct, and debate specific percentage figures from the original post or comments, suggesting alternatives like 20%, 33%, 50%, 75%, or error margins.

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Sample Comments

fizx Sep 20, 2009 View on HN

Percentage, not absolute, I'd guess.

Rexxar Jun 22, 2022 View on HN

Ask the one who use this number. I would suggest 33% and bad rounding.

boringg Jul 22, 2023 View on HN

I think you need some numbers there. Pretty sure it isnt 50% ;)

bn-l May 25, 2025 View on HN

What about specific percentages?

oedj Nov 19, 2013 View on HN

Maybe you've fallen in the 1% error rate ?

mandelbrotwurst Sep 12, 2019 View on HN

Did you mean to write ">2-3%"?

Sorry, missed your question. About 75%.

labawi Oct 22, 2021 View on HN

It's within error bounds, so more proper to say 40% (ish), which is kind of the point.

tluyben2 Apr 1, 2019 View on HN

Seems much confusion about this; 80% would be a weird deal so I assumed 20%.

NotGMan Jul 15, 2023 View on HN

50% is a low number! 10x is a more accurate one.