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Re:Dig near Paris unearths beginnings of urbanization dating... by _a_a_a_ on Monday October 16, 2023 @01:36PM (#37903349)
I'd say a generation is the time for a newborn to grow up and have their own first kid born. Typically that's been under 20 years. May be changing now, getting later, but I usse ~20 years as rule of thumb for one generation.
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Re:Dig near Paris unearths beginnings of urbanization dating... by DougMerritt on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:35PM (#37905145)
I strongly agree, but then again "generation" has always been a highly imprecise unit, enough so that I wouldn't outright call "30 years" wrong.

We have lots of examples like that, for instance lots of people complain when "a couple" refers to any number other than two, and yet common usage is for it to be pretty synonymous with the more obviously vague term "a few".

Another reason to be strict with output and flexible with input.

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