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Re:Ask HN: Boring but important tech no one is working on? by Hextinium on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:44PM (#32613094)
Internet English has different "regional variety" than real life, for example I have litterally never heard "grok" in real life but I read it here fairly often.
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Re:Ask HN: Boring but important tech no one is working on? by egypturnash on Friday August 26, 2022 @07:36PM (#32613999)
"Grok" is not seen very much on the Internet outside of hacker/sci-fi fan circles. And it feels like using it in SF circles is very much marking you as An Old - it comes from Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land", which is not a book that has aged well.
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