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an0maloustoday at 1:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

I miss the days when words still had meaning


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throwaway27448today at 2:25 PM

Words have more meanings than ever.... but last century produced wittgenstein; perfectly clear communication was always a polite fiction.

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buellerbuellertoday at 2:05 PM

human language != computer languages and that's why the latter exists. if human language had the precision you are (futilely, ahistorically) pining for, then we could program with them.