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Xmd5a01/22/20252 repliesview on HN

And "rien" (nothing) used to mean something (via latin "res")


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lloeki01/22/2025

"Un petit rien" => a small thing

Typically used in "les petits riens de la vie", meaning the small things in life that may be overlooked but constitute the true things that make it worth living.

whycome01/24/2025

The cognitive origins of these must be interesting. Rooted in our understanding of existence?