Re:Best command-line-only video games (2019)
by scbrg on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:21AM
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Then the reasonable thing is to educate these people, since they are in no way[0] equivalent. Words are supposed to have meaning, so you know what the hell people talk about.
It's not hard to use the correct terms, and something that tries to be an authority on, say, Linux, such as Linux Journal, could simply do so instead of spreading confusion.
[0] OK, there's some equivalence between a few of the words.
Re:Best command-line-only video games (2019)
by astrobe_ on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:52AM
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Exactly. "Letting it slide" is how we end up being told that because for most people a "hacker" is a cyber-criminal, it is now the sole valid definition.
It's not hard to use the correct terms, and something that tries to be an authority on, say, Linux, such as Linux Journal, could simply do so instead of spreading confusion.
[0] OK, there's some equivalence between a few of the words.