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Re:M4 MacBook Pro by hilux on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:30PM (#42000593)
> What makes you think it would be a new one

Did I say it would be a "new one"?

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Re:M4 MacBook Pro by serf on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @07:15PM (#42001609)
Yes, unless this was edited later on.

> 'might replace my aging phone with a newer unit, '

unless you just want to argue about the semantics and differences between 'aging', 'newer' , and 'new'.

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Re:M4 MacBook Pro by hilux on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @09:31PM (#42002512)
You think the difference between "newer than ... aging phone" and "NEW" is "semantics"???

HN really has turned into reddit.

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Re:M4 MacBook Pro by robotresearcher on Thursday October 31, 2024 @01:19AM (#42003710)
Reddit-style pedantry time!

Semantics is literally the meaning of things. So, yes the difference between those phrases is semantics.

But your use of 'semantics' meant something subtly different. Ain't language weird?

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