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They might be good reads on the topic but Drew makes some significant etymological mistakes. For example loadout doesn't come from gaming but military terminolo
by outofpaper 1y ago
They might be good reads on the topic but Drew makes some significant etymological mistakes. For example loadout doesn't come from gaming but military terminology. It's essentially the same as kit or gear.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago> They might be good reads on the topic but Drew makes some significant etymological mistakes. For example loadout doesn't come from gaming but military terminology. It's essentially the same as kit or gear. Doesn't seem that significant? Not to say those blog posts say anything much anyway that any "prompt engineer" (someone who uses LLMs frequently) doesn't already know, but maybe it is useful to some at such an early stage of these things.
- simonw 1y agoDrew isn't using that term in a military context, he's using it in a gaming context. He defines what he means very clearly: > The term “loadout” is a gaming term that refers to the specific combination of abilities, weapons, and equipment you select before a level, match, or round. In the military you don't select your abilities before entering a level.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoi think that software engineers using this terminology might be envisioning themselves as generals, not infantry :)
- xarope 1y agothe military definitely do use the term loadout. It can be based on mission parameters e.g. if armored vehicles are expected, your loadout might include more MANPATS. It can also refer to the way each soldier might customize their gear, e.g. cutaway knife in boot or on vest, NODs if extended night operations expected (I know, I know, gamers would like to think you'd bring everything, but in real life no warfighter would want to carry extra weight unnecessarily!), or even the placement of gear on their MOLLE vests (all that velcro has a reason).
- simonw 1y agoNobody is disputing that. We are saying that the statement "The term 'loudout' is a gaming term" can be true at the same time.
- DiggyJohnson 1y agoThis seems like a rather unimportant type of mistake, especially because the definition is still accurate, it’s just the etymology isn’t complete.
- scubbo 1y agoIt _is_ a gaming term - it is also a military term (from which the gaming term arose).
- coldtea 1y ago>Drew makes some significant etymological mistakes. For example loadout doesn't come from gaming but military terminology Does he pretend to give the etymology and ultimately origin of the term, or just where he or other AI-discussions found it? Because if it's the latter, he is entitled to call it a "gaming" term, because that's what it is to him and those in the discussion. He didn't find it in some military manual or learned it at boot camp! But I would mostly challenge this mistake, if we admit it as such, is "significant" in any way. The origin of loadout is totally irrelevant to the point he makes and the subject he discusses. It's just a useful term he adopted, it's history is not really relevant.
- luckydata 1y agothis is textbook pointless pedantry. I'm just commenting to find it again in the future.
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