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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by relesson on Saturday September 16, 2023 @09:59PM (#37540743)
I think the case re: lesson / learning is less clear, because in a “learning” there’s no teacher, you’ve all learned something, whereas lesson implies teacher and taught.

I still hate “learning” as a noun though.

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by pclmulqdq on Saturday September 16, 2023 @10:39PM (#37540951)
A lot of the time, a metaphorical lesson has no teacher, too. "Learning" is imported to the tech scene from India, where "a verb-ing" seems to be able to be the noun form of one instance of the verb (in certain contexts).
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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by oblio on Sunday September 17, 2023 @04:13AM (#37542704)
It I fall on my butt due to running on ice, nobody really taught me, yet I still learned a lesson :-)
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