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Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by e12e on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:55AM (#15162087)
(On the off-chance you're not being tounge in cheek): No, "used positively and negatively with the same meaning", as in the two differently phrased idioms mean the same thing:

http://www.dictionary.com/e/could-care-less/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/04/05/the_rea...

https://xkcd.com/1576/ (!)

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Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by vorg on Sunday September 03, 2017 @03:15PM (#15163262)
> the different intonations used in saying “I couldn’t care less” versus “I could care less.” [dictionary.com link]

> people who say “I could care less” are omitting the first part: “Like I could care less,” [Slate link]

These quotes seem to sum up those links.

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Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by e12e on Sunday September 03, 2017 @12:06PM (#15162149)
I suppose, these days, for the sake of clarifying that I'm being sarcastic, I should just start saying: "I cloud care less".
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Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by taneq on Sunday September 03, 2017 @12:25PM (#15162250)
To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of 50/50 between a genuine vexation with "could care less" being semantically wrong, and a cheerful agreement that usage defines meaning. The world's inconsistent and so occasionally, in response, am I. :P
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Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by Asooka on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:04PM (#15162845)
Just use I'd'nt careless.
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