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Re:Ask HN: Why is applying for jobs such a pain? by Cpoll on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @05:02PM (#12004793)
> P.S.

I expect this is a joke, but even if this were true, I don't think it'd be a valid 'validation of the point.'

Incidentally, "candidate" is not a subset of "date." It's from Latin candidatus, "white-robed." Date is ultimately from Latin datus/dare, "to give."

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Re:Ask HN: Why is applying for jobs such a pain? by AndreyErmakov on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @10:33PM (#12006230)
It's not that much of a joke, more of a curiosity, if you choose to look at both words from a certain angle. I realize that their etymology might be different, but in the end of the day their spelling has become close and the concepts they denote have also developed certain commonalities.
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