Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 31, 2020Technically correct usage of “decimate” in a real-world example: SARS decimated its victims28
Sam Hart@hxrts·Jan 31, 2020Replying to @vgrVery conflicted about this tbh. Always thought decimate should mean destroying 9/10 of something rather than 1/10 because that is de facto norm. Also reducing one order of magnitude just *feels* right.11