Not only is this is needless pedantry, it's also incorrect, making it a very typical HN comment. It is not uncommon to refer to pointers as "mouse cursors" or

Not only is this is needless pedantry, it's also incorrect, making it a very typical HN comment. It is not uncommon to refer to pointers as "mouse cursors" or shorten it to just "cursor". In fact, Wikipedia considers pointers to be a subset of cursors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_(user_interface)#Pointer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_(user_interface)#Pointe... "In computer user interfaces, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device."