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minimaxiryesterday at 10:48 PM3 repliesview on HN

Optimization. Why use many word when few word do trick?


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andsoitisyesterday at 11:33 PM

> Why use many word when few word do trick?

Be concise.

  OR
Brief is best.

  OR
Eschew verbosity

  etc.
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stavrosyesterday at 11:19 PM

What I find funny about "why use many word when few word do trick?" is that it's only slightly shorter than the regular "why use many words when few words do the trick?"

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gaigalastoday at 12:43 AM

Optimization on a idiosyncrasy. The same thing that makes Claude repeat "That was the most important thing you said in this whole conversation" is what makes grug speak optimize on token usage.

Real humans get non-primary information from word variation. It's reasonable to hypothesize that it has a role in thinking things, because it endures. Our languages need to breathe over time, and flourishing might be one of the aspects that allows that breathing space.