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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:29AM (#22557207)
> usage defines language not the other way around

I say we start referring to cryptocurrencies as "cyber cash" and then abbreviate it to "cyber". If anyone should suffer from appropriated terminology at the hands of blockchainiacs, it ought to be the insufferable sales staff at security industry conferences.

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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by mindslight on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:40PM (#22562090)
But "cyber" already means cybersex? I mean, that's what I think of when I hear Cyber Monday, Cyber Security, etc.
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