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When the abstract is limited, you don't add useless qualifiers like "the largest prediction market"
by eloisant 5mo ago
When the abstract is limited, you don't add useless qualifiers like "the largest prediction market"
- michaelt 5mo agoSome people feel strongly about defining jargon when using it - an article on here [1] the other day about Capture The Flag (CTF) hacking puzzle competitions was full of comments comparing the article didn’t say what CTFs were. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157559
- ashdksnndck 5mo agoThis is a familiar style in abstracts. Weird as it sounds, it’s normal to have some language implying the reader is a hermit living in a cave. If it sounds like something an AI would say, maybe it’s because models have been trained on academic papers?
- janalsncm 5mo agoIt’s not a useless qualifier. Many readers might not know that Polymarket is the biggest now, and if at some future date it’s not the biggest anymore the statement makes it clear why they studied at this time.