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Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product by doodpants on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:15PM (#19721244)
The actual saying is "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". Sorry, but it's a pet peeve of mine when people replace "sincerest" with "best", because it changes the point of the adage.
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Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product by ben509 on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:56PM (#19721720)
Because sincerity implies the flattery is entirely genuine, rather than best suggesting it is heaping praise upon you? Hadn't thought of that; it's a good distinction to make.
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