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Provenance, provenance, provenance
by nonethewiser 1mo ago
Provenance, provenance, provenance
- cromka 1mo agoOne of those words that Claude taught me
- nonethewiser 1mo agoSame. Over relied on and far less clear than alternatives 99% of the time. Claude is a shitty English writer that is only tolerated for it’s coding ability.
- TeMPOraL 1mo agoNah, "provenance" is a good word to know. Plain English version would be, "what colour are your bits?".
- nonethewiser 1mo agoGood word to know, yes. Best word to use, no. If you know “origin” or “source” and those words suffice, using a word that means the same thing but you don’t know is strictly worse for communication. So if Claude is writing a novel, maybe provenance is the best word to use at times. If its a codebase README or variable name, its usually not.
- cromka 1mo agoLLMs haven't mastered the use of regular language that is the background of a jargon. Source and origin are exactly the word you'd use in IT.