Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land”

Re:Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” by handrous on Saturday May 29, 2021 @07:11PM (#27329044)

To be fair, in real life, I usually see it used as a straight synonym for "understand" or "comprehend", just with extra geekiness. Very rarely is its special meaning actually intended.

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Re:Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” by prepend on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:01PM (#27329683)

I’ve never seen it used in that way, almost always it means to completely know something on a very deep level. To know it inside and out, etc.

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Re:Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” by xref on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:40PM (#27329881)

Much more common is “expert” or “mastery” for that level of understanding, when I hear “grok” it means they read the Wikipedia page or did the tutorial or something.

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