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cwillu • yesterday at 9:08 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The problem is not experts having precise terminology in technical settings; the problem is the army of “experts” who will descend upon you if you use the incorrect arbitrary term in colloquial settings. The same sort that will descend on you if you dare refer to a planet orbiting a different star as a planet, not an exo-planet.


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Timon3 • yesterday at 11:22 PM

A lot of comments here explicitly complain about the precise terminology of experts in technical settings.