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Re:Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic... by Finnucane on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:29AM (#38252010)
In all my years in publishing, I've never heard anyone refer to jacket/spine stamping dies as dice.
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Re:Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic... by MakeThemMoney on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:33AM (#38252056)
> Heard

Don't they sound the same?

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Re:Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic... by Finnucane on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:39AM (#38252136)
Not in an email. Also, no, the pronunciation is distinct. At least around here.
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Re:Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic... by pwagland on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:36AM (#38252102)
Funnily enough, I would argue that dice and dies sound different

dies daɪz dice daɪs

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Re:Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic... by HNDen21 on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:53AM (#38252286)
To me the i sound is shorter for dice versus dies
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Re:Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic... by BenjiWiebe on Monday November 13, 2023 @10:43PM (#38258835)
Prize vs price (US English)
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