Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by Freak_NL on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:22PM
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Also “haze figuring” for cloud computing.
It sounds like something you'd find in 30s, 40s, 50s sci-fi for sure! Like “visiplate” (E.E. “Doc” Smith, Heinlein) for a computer display screen. (Along with ticker tape printouts and tape reels in the far future of course.)
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by seoaeu on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:14PM
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Really highlights that the actual phrases don't make any more sense than the tortured versions, other than the fact that we've been hearing all of them for years so they now sound normal
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by samplatt on Sunday August 08, 2021 @08:30PM
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Puts me in mind of Pratchett's parody of 'fuzzy logic', "Woolly Thinking".
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by rjbwork on Sunday August 08, 2021 @10:52PM
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I'll certainly be watching this debacle play out with a hot fresh bag of Banged Grains!
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by laurent92 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:08PM
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Ah, vapordecisionware. But that might be confused with regular management.
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by slowmovintarget on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:54PM
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Makes me want to put smog-hosting in my CV.
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by synquid on Sunday August 08, 2021 @05:31PM
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The smog is just the Chinese cloud.
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by rhino369 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:48PM
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I happen to be reading Dune today, and AI is referred to as counterfeiting the human mind
Re:Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in sci...
by jareklupinski on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:42PM
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I searched github for "counterfeit consciousness" and stumbled into quite the rabbit hole https://github.com/search?q=counterfeit+consciousness
[1] https://qntm.org/mmacevedo