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To be fair, in real life, I usually see it used as a straight synonym for "understand" or "comprehend", just with extra geekiness. Very rarely is its special me
by handrous 5y ago
To be fair, in real life, I usually see it used as a straight synonym for "understand" or "comprehend", just with extra geekiness. Very rarely is its special meaning actually intended.
- prepend 5y agoI’ve never seen it used in that way, almost always it means to completely know something on a very deep level. To know it inside and out, etc.
- xref 5y agoMuch more common is “expert” or “mastery” for that level of understanding, when I hear “grok” it means they read the Wikipedia page or did the tutorial or something.