Communication is not a one-player game.
replyFor example, if I was being pedantic:
> nobody seems to care about using the right words in only this context.
"nobody" would include you.
And then I might complain about we use the word "weight" for something massless, or how "bugs me" is *ento*mologically incorrect: https://xkcd.com/1012/
This is of course not a good use of time. I wonder if illustrating the point about how language is dynamic and meanings are descriptive not proscriptive, was a good use?
yeah, I'm not sure what your goal is pedantically picking apart my argument when the subject at hand is clearly not "open source". love xkcd though. :P
replyThe point is to give you empathy for those you disagree with here.
replyWe're not talking about standard code here. It's totally reasonable to change the meaning depending on context.
replyI vehemently disagree. There's no source and it's not open, the licenses are often abysmal too.
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