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Re:Do We Worship Complexity? by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:36AM (#18236651)
Also it does not communicate the precise meaning. "Orthogonal" fits when concerns may be related, but they're independent from one another, so you can discuss them separately.
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Re:Do We Worship Complexity? by humanrebar on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @07:09AM (#18237917)
Well, regardless of the adverb, you would need a modifier. Avoiding these technical considerations was part of Orwell's point I think.

So I guess we could nitpick over "entirely" and "basically" just as easily. Maybe he should have just singled out the engineers and other pedants.

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