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Language and technology has evolved a bit since 1893: https://www.google.com/search?q=pinhole+surveillance+camera https://www.google.com/search?q=pinhole+surve

• theyinwhy 3y ago
  But does the use of the word pinhole make any sense if it is not a pinhole but a "3.7mm" lense? Pinhole camera is a specific term used for more than a century now. It is well defined. Now someone from marketing thought "let's call our small camera a pinhole camera". Sry, but that is not a pinhole camera. That camera also exists since ages and is called an endoscope camera. Words are important in IT and if everyone would just think a bit more about terms they use we would have way less friction with business and less business logic bugs.
  • Johnny555 3y ago
    >Words are important in IT and if everyone would just think a bit more about terms they use we would have way less friction with business and less business logic bugs. I wish you the best of luck in your quest to make the English language follow rational rules.
    • ithkuil 3y ago
      I think there is value in complaining and resisting a bit, but one has to be ready to let go when the point of no return is crossed.
  • zestyping 3y ago
    I support you!