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> It costs them nothing to directly name the "giant European telescope" and which US telescopes "await rescue". Have you thought about how “giant European tele

> It costs them nothing to directly name the "giant European telescope" and which US telescopes "await rescue". Have you thought about how “giant European telescope” and “US rivals” are more descriptive than ELT and GMT/TMT? Especially to people who are not already well informed about the arcana of under-construction future telescopes. > not because it refuses to tell me WTF it's talking about unless I get reeled in Idk. You keep using that three letter abreviation of a swear. Is that also very emotionally charged in your usage? Because to me it seems you are very angry over what to me appears a mild editorial disagreement. They haven’t tried to kill your puppies, they are not trying to scam you out of your retirement savings, they just wrote a descriptive title to the best of their abilities. If I am missreading the emotional content of your comment then I am sorry. If I am not then I’m sending you a bunch of good vibes. Either way, hope you will have a lovely day.

Dalewyn 3y ago
>Have you thought about how “giant European telescope” and “US rivals” are more descriptive than ELT and GMT/TMT? Is it really that hard to refer to something by its name instead of a vague non-descriptor? "The Extremely Large Telescope rises as the Giant Magellan and Thirty Meter Telescopes await further funding." There, a headline that explains WTF the article is about so I can properly judge if reading the article proper is worth my time or interest. It's also reasonable to assume prospective readers will have some baseline knowledge about the subject matter because this is Science with a capital S and Hacker News we're talking about. >Idk. You keep using that three letter abreviation of a swear. Is that also very emotionally charged in your usage? Because to me it seems you are very angry over what to me appears a mild editorial disagreement. My time only grows more valuable as I age, so yes I am quite angry that "journalism" is mostly worthless clickbait vying to waste my time these days.

Dalewyn 3y ago

>Have you thought about how “giant European telescope” and “US rivals” are more descriptive than ELT and GMT/TMT? Is it really that hard to refer to something by its name instead of a vague non-descriptor? "The Extremely Large Telescope rises as the Giant Magellan and Thirty Meter Telescopes await further funding." There, a headline that explains WTF the article is about so I can properly judge if reading the article proper is worth my time or interest. It's also reasonable to assume prospective readers will have some baseline knowledge about the subject matter because this is Science with a capital S and Hacker News we're talking about. >Idk. You keep using that three letter abreviation of a swear. Is that also very emotionally charged in your usage? Because to me it seems you are very angry over what to me appears a mild editorial disagreement. My time only grows more valuable as I age, so yes I am quite angry that "journalism" is mostly worthless clickbait vying to waste my time these days.