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The opposite of "optimize", e.g. "the writer pessimized for understandability while optimizing for sounding smart".
by StavrosK 7y ago
The opposite of "optimize", e.g. "the writer pessimized for understandability while optimizing for sounding smart".
- chopin 7y agoIs that really a thing in (American) English? I wasn't able to dig up anything (I am not a native speaker).
- StavrosK 7y agoIt's rarely used, I'm not aware of a specific definition for it. This question defines it somewhat: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/312003/what-is-the-most-ridiculous-pessimization-youve-seen/687309 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/312003/what-is-the-most-... It's still kind of tongue-in-cheek because it hasn't caught on enough. I think it's used more widely in ML but I may be way off the mark on this.
- mortehu 7y agoEdward Tufte, one of the people who coined the word, explains: https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003uY https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=...