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Please stop using crypto to mean cryptographic currency. Crypto has a well defined meaning.
by jimktrains2 9y ago
Please stop using crypto to mean cryptographic currency. Crypto has a well defined meaning.
- umanwizard 9y agoWords can mean different things and in this case the meaning is obvious from the context.
- heimatau 9y agoFair but context implies I mean CC, as another mentioned. Meaning, devoid of context, is difficult to create. So, please, keep this in mind when you're nit-picking on what you mean.
- akvadrako 9y agoNo, you stop using crypto. This is a terrible language abuse; I don't know how you can defend it.
- bfuller 9y agoRegardless of what your opinion is, using the word crypto to mean crypto currency is already in common use, you can't argue against that. The collective unconscious decides the meanings of words. Language evolves. I guess the world looks pretty different all the way up on your high horse. This is a battle you have already lost but for some reason insist on continuing to lose.
- jimktrains2 9y agoI really wouldn't call it common usage. Among people who use crypto currency, sure, but not among others.
- dang 9y agoLanguage certainly evolves, and personal attacks will get your account banned on HN. Please keep these things separate and edit the latter out of your comments here, regardless of how bad someone else's comment may be. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- bfuller 9y agofuck you ban me you cunt
- bfuller 9y agoAsking someone not to use a word a certain way when it is already in popular use seems like a waste of time.