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Re:Gnome has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by My100thaccount on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:44PM (#31782569)
> inter-window introspection

This oxymoron is a pet peeve of mine. If it's inter-window, then it's just inspection. Introspection is when something inspects itself, but people seem to think it just means inspecting anything technical.

Great post though, I just needed to get that off my chest

Re:Gnome has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by OJFord on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:16PM (#31782973)
Mine too! (Perhaps we should introspect each other to determine why we feel this way....)

I find it particularly ironic or confusing because introspection seems so much less likely/more rarely to occur in anything technical; so why does it get that association? Because you're right, people do seem to use it as though it means 'highly technical inspection' or something.

Re:Gnome has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by account42 on Monday June 20, 2022 @08:11AM (#31809350)
Technically its still the computer inspecting itself.