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Do you also get frustrated when people say "decimate" when they don't mean "remove 10% of something"? Words change meaning, and that's okay. There's way more pe
by shpx 8y ago
Do you also get frustrated when people say "decimate" when they don't mean "remove 10% of something"? Words change meaning, and that's okay. There's way more people talking about bitcoin than AES, it would be more efficient for them to get the shorter word. Cryptographers shouldn't get to keep a prefix forever just because it makes more sense etymologically and they used it first.
You probably understand all of this and this is you exerting social pressure against change you disagree with. I say best to just get used to it. Wait until these get-rich-quick schemes stop working and we can have our abbreviation back. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up waiting decades or longer though.
https://xkcd.com/1108 https://xkcd.com/1108