What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)

Re:What not to write on your security clearance form (1988) by harpiaharpyja on Thursday January 19, 2023 @09:54AM (#34440927)

> What mental fences do you have that you have never "considered" such an obvious course of action in the likely billion of seconds of thinking?).

Honestly I think it may just be semantics. When I think about the usage of the word "to consider," there does seem to be two different and distinct meanings. When people use it in the sense of "to consider a course of action" it actually has a different meaning than when the same word is used in other contexts.

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Re:What not to write on your security clearance form (1988) by mixmastamyk on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:27PM (#34442969)

Yes, consider defs:

- inspect an idea with tongs

- deem such idea as plausible/viable even desirable

They should be required to state which definition being used. At least you should ask.

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