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Why does everything always have to reveal something? It's such a definitive, decisive word, which is abused to the point of meaninglessness by clickbait. Clau
by mpalmer 6mo ago
Why does everything always have to reveal something?
It's such a definitive, decisive word, which is abused to the point of meaninglessness by clickbait.
Claude Code's source could imply, suggest, point to, highlight, call attention to, indict, or invite deeper reflection about AI engineering culture.
Quit sucking all the life out of words to get clicks. The way we use them, they're a finite resource.
- adrian_b 6mo agoReveal = show something that was hidden previously. Seems like the appropriate word to use about a source code leak. The words proposed by you are suitable for describing the consequences of a revelation, while no longer containing any hint about their original cause, so using them would have lead to a more verbose sentence for delivering the same information.
- mpalmer 6mo agoIt wasn't hidden previously. It was fairly well-understood. The CC source doesn't "reveal" a single thing about anything other than Anthropic internals. It says nothing about the industry at large, certainly nothing new. And this: The words proposed by you are suitable for describing the consequences of a revelation, while no longer containing any hint about their original cause doesn't make any sense. There is no "revelation" here. And the word "reveal" contains no connotations whatsoever about the "cause" of a "revelation".