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You are technically correct, which Futurama calls 'the best kind of correct', but it isn't really. When you're arguing about what kind of thing a thing is, you
by cynicalkane 15y ago
You are technically correct, which Futurama calls 'the best kind of correct', but it isn't really.
When you're arguing about what kind of thing a thing is, you can call that a semantic argument, but if you're trying to characterize something that exists in practice, this is different from fighting over dictionary definitions.
(Interestingly, I got into the contrapositive of this argument on HN the other day: I tried to use a math term to mean something closely related to the standard definition, and people jumped on me for misusing it.)