Re:Binance Acquires FTX
by Jasper_ on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:51PM
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If there's one thing I really dislike about HN culture, it's the consistent derailing of a thread to "um, actually" someone on a semantics distinction that literally nobody has ever been confused by, or to shoehorn in new terminology that doesn't improve communication in any way.
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Re:Binance Acquires FTX
by user_named on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @11:25PM
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Agreed
I enjoyed reading the diversion. I don't think it derailed anything, except perhaps for your reply.
> literally nobody has ever been confused by
um, actually...
Some of the most interesting things I've read have been digressions from the main point. Your observation is a case in point: We're now talking about HN culture instead of wild times in the crypto economy. Is this a derailment? Or a digression?
It all depends upon whether people perceive it to be something that "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity," a line right from the guidelines. In your case, the difference between initialisms and acronyms (if any, see another reply) does not, and I accept that. Sorry!