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Re:The Moldbug Variations by postramus on Monday October 09, 2017 @03:44PM (#15436828)
Or, you know, a utility-maximizing actor found it utility-increasing to place certain words into certain sequences in certain contexts due to the expected effect said arrangement would have upon the expected audience?

It's not terribly complicated.

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Re:The Moldbug Variations by elsurudo on Monday October 09, 2017 @03:49PM (#15436866)
I get your point and I in fact agree. I just wanted to say that that is a sentence structure that only a programmer could find beautiful :)
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Re:The Moldbug Variations by kwhitefoot on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:57AM (#15442307)
The sentence flows perfectly well. Not sure anyone would find it beautiful but it is certainly succinct and expressive.
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