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Re:GPT-4 API General Availability by browningstreet on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:57PM (#36623667)
I've never seen "nerf" used colloquially and today i've seen it at least a half-dozen times across various sites. Y'all APIs?
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Re:GPT-4 API General Availability by whalesalad on Thursday July 06, 2023 @06:13PM (#36623921)
it's popular with gamers to describe the way certain weapons/items get modified by the game developer to perform worse.

buffing is the opposite, when an item gets better.

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Re:GPT-4 API General Availability by mandmandam on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:06PM (#36625657)
I've heard nerf used colloquially since like the 90's.

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Re:GPT-4 API General Availability by hospitalJail on Friday July 07, 2023 @08:44AM (#36630851)
Different circles. I imagine they don't game.
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