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What’s your point?

by gilrain 2mo ago

What’s your point?

larodi 2mo ago
exactly what is stated. it is demoscene, and people been calling it such. https://www.pouet.net/ https://www.pouet.net/ calls it demoscene, https://scene.org/ https://scene.org/ calls it demoscene, and so does https://assembly.org https://assembly.org, which existed for at least as long as the demoscene been a thing. so something that is called "demo scene" perhaps may designate other matter. the same way copyright is one word, and not "copy right", which is semantically diffrent thing. it is not about what HN folk decides to call things, really. and written as "demo scene", well it took a second for my eyes to pattern-match the title.
- amiga386 2mo ago
  English compound nouns can be open, hyphenated or closed. What is acceptable usage changes over time. Some say that compound nouns "harden", e.g "file name" became "file-name" became "filename", and they all mean the same thing, but currently "filename" is the most common spelling. "Foot ball" was acceptable in the 1800s but only "football" is acceptable now. Your example, "copyright", has only existed in this closed form. "copy-right" and "copy right" are not recognised. On the other hand, "demo scene" is a recognised variant of "demoscene". It may look as wrong to you as "color" looks to me, but it's recognised. Want a citation or two? The Death of Kefrens (1991): https://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/amigascne/Scrollers/K-Groupstext/Kefrens/Kefrens-Dead.txt https://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/amigascne/Scrollers/K-Groupste... ORION, CODER: ------------- LEFT THE DEMO SCENE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AS HE STARTED CODING A GAME. AFTER A WHILE HE CHANGED HIS MIND, DID A DENTRO, AND RETURNED TO THE DEMO SCENE. NOW A MEMBER OF FLASH PRODUCTION. How about "Break's Amiga Demo Scene Collection"? http://arabuusimiehet.com/break/amiga/ http://arabuusimiehet.com/break/amiga/ Or this 2007 interview of Fiver2? https://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugise03/hugi%2033%20-%20demoscene%20interviews%20magic%20debris%20-%20fiver2%20in%20focus.htm https://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugise03/hugi%2033%20-%20d... "How do you think Debris will influence the demo scene?"
  - shdon 2mo ago
    Completely off topic, but I love your username.
- stackghost 2mo ago
  I would imagine lots of occurrences of "demo scene" are due to autocorrect on phones. Imagine being so pedantic that you're gatekeeping because of a whitespace character. Couldn't be me.

What’s your point?

by gilrain 2mo ago

What’s your point?

exactly what is stated. it is demoscene, and people been calling it such. https://www.pouet.net/ https://www.pouet.net/ calls it demoscene, https://scene.org/ https://scene.org/ calls it demoscene, and so does https://assembly.org https://assembly.org, which existed for at least as long as the demoscene been a thing. so something that is called "demo scene" perhaps may designate other matter. the same way copyright is one word, and not "copy right", which is semantically diffrent thing. it is not about what HN folk decides to call things, really. and written as "demo scene", well it took a second for my eyes to pattern-match the title.

amiga386 2mo ago
English compound nouns can be open, hyphenated or closed. What is acceptable usage changes over time. Some say that compound nouns "harden", e.g "file name" became "file-name" became "filename", and they all mean the same thing, but currently "filename" is the most common spelling. "Foot ball" was acceptable in the 1800s but only "football" is acceptable now. Your example, "copyright", has only existed in this closed form. "copy-right" and "copy right" are not recognised. On the other hand, "demo scene" is a recognised variant of "demoscene". It may look as wrong to you as "color" looks to me, but it's recognised. Want a citation or two? The Death of Kefrens (1991): https://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/amigascne/Scrollers/K-Groupstext/Kefrens/Kefrens-Dead.txt https://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/amigascne/Scrollers/K-Groupste... ORION, CODER: ------------- LEFT THE DEMO SCENE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AS HE STARTED CODING A GAME. AFTER A WHILE HE CHANGED HIS MIND, DID A DENTRO, AND RETURNED TO THE DEMO SCENE. NOW A MEMBER OF FLASH PRODUCTION. How about "Break's Amiga Demo Scene Collection"? http://arabuusimiehet.com/break/amiga/ http://arabuusimiehet.com/break/amiga/ Or this 2007 interview of Fiver2? https://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugise03/hugi%2033%20-%20demoscene%20interviews%20magic%20debris%20-%20fiver2%20in%20focus.htm https://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugise03/hugi%2033%20-%20d... "How do you think Debris will influence the demo scene?"
- shdon 2mo ago
  Completely off topic, but I love your username.
stackghost 2mo ago
I would imagine lots of occurrences of "demo scene" are due to autocorrect on phones. Imagine being so pedantic that you're gatekeeping because of a whitespace character. Couldn't be me.