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You made me do a double take with "providence". I think the word you wanted is "provenance", which comes from latin "provenire" (pro -> forth, venire -> come).
by steve_adams_86 2mo ago
You made me do a double take with "providence". I think the word you wanted is "provenance", which comes from latin "provenire" (pro -> forth, venire -> come). English has too many similar words.
Unless you only run code that's protected by God. That's probably not a bad policy if you can verify it.
edit: Oh right, there's an OS for that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS
- cvwright 2mo agoWe’re at the point where people who talk too fancy get accused of being LLMs, and the people who make human mistakes get scolded for grammar.
- jwiz 2mo agoIt seems like constructive criticism rather than scolding. If I were running around saying "providence" instead of "provenance" I would want someone to tell me.
- sejje 2mo agoMe too, but we're the minority. Most people are rolling their eyes every time this happens. They don't want constructive criticism any more than they want normal criticism.
- steve_adams_86 2mo agoYes, it was meant constructively and for exactly this reason. I interpreted what they wrote as what they meant, then realized it was a mistake that I could have easily made too.