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It's an arbitrary choice in the sense that plenty of people enjoy and rely on headphone jacks and that the benefits of switching aren't exactly major. That's s
by albedoa 8y ago
It's an arbitrary choice in the sense that plenty of people enjoy and rely on headphone jacks and that the benefits of switching aren't exactly major.
That's still not what arbitrary means.
- oliv__ 8y ago"(of power or a ruling body) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority."
- albedoa 8y agoYes, we know what it means. If you had applied the adjective to power or a ruling body, then you would have shown to as well.
- oliv__ 8y agoThe adjective was in reference to the powers that are making these choices, obviously.
- albedoa 8y agoYou twice attached it to the noun "choice" but you were actually referring to a power? Sounds believable.
- oliv__ 8y agoJesus christ, and where do you think choices come from?
- albedoa 8y agoAgain, we know what words mean. We know where choices come from. That has nothing to do with and is frankly a strange deflection from your ongoing confusion about the words you use. Which is more likely: That you don't know what a word means or that everyone and multiple dictionaries are wrong?
- oliv__ 8y agolol
- dang 8y agoPlease don't do tedious tit-for-tats on HN, and please don't post uncivil comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- albedoa 8y agodang, the guy is adamantly denying the definition of a well-known word. That behavior can be shut down without resorting to “both sides-ism”. Don’t use me as the tat to his tit.
- dang 8y agoIt doesn't matter very much if someone is denying the definition of a well-known word on the internet. And it's not interesting. Therefore the thing to do is just let it go. By feeding it, you only keep it alive.