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I hate when people try to use the fact that some words are used differently in vastly different context to create equality. No, it's not because I'm a 'user' of
by Arcanum-XIII 5y ago
I hate when people try to use the fact that some words are used differently in vastly different context to create equality. No, it's not because I'm a 'user' of an interface that we can say that I'm a 'user' in the drug addict sense. I don't feel the need to use an interface, or do I want to come back to it. It's a tool.
This kind of slip up destroys the point being made.
- Mandelmus 5y agoIt’s a rather cutesy and forced connection to make a point, but you can absolutely ignore that passage and the article still has a point. Word association games, even tenuous ones, are much more accepted and enjoyed in art and design disciplines, whereas science/engineer types are allergic to them if the semantics aren’t absolutely watertight.