The purpose of "no well-actually's" isn't to curtail accurate and precise technical conversation, which would obviously be problematic for creating an environme

The purpose of "no well-actually's" isn't to curtail accurate and precise technical conversation, which would obviously be problematic for creating an environment where people can become great programmers. This is why we state in the manual that "This doesn't mean Hacker School isn't about truth-seeking or that we don't care about being precise." In practice, I don't think the problem you're pointing out has ever been an issue.