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> People did not like it at all that it was not about quantum physics. As a physicist: You would not believe how annoying it can be to find good information ab

• _yb2s 2y ago
  In general, I hate how tech things reuse regular words. Usually it seems like no big deal at first because it’s a niche thing for a few nerds, but now that tech is “eating the world” it is actually damaging language. I heard a spoken ad on the radio the other day warning people about the dangers of phishing with absolutely zero context to clarify that they weren’t talking about fishing. I felt sad to realize that is now the dominant meaning of the word. I write a lot of open source software, and always take the time to think of a new name, usually some type of portmanteau rather than just calling it something like “java” or “python.”
• nico 2y ago
  > people love to name stuff after physics stuff And physics love taking over natural language So many words have been co-opted by physics, that it’s almost impossible to have a good conversation about physical concepts between a lay person and someone trained in physics Any time a lay person uses any physics keyword, they get judged as ignorant and mostly dismissed