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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by tertius on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @03:05PM (#10845626)
Yes and this is unfortunate but modern.
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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by nsns on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @05:03PM (#10846417)
Only if you'd assume the fallacy that an enunciation could ever be "literal" in its meaning. I'd argue this actually points at a structural undecidability which is essential to language.
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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by baddox on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @04:02PM (#10846008)
Define "modern." It has been in common use for at least two centuries.
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