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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by rwmj on Sunday June 22, 2025 @06:34AM (#44345715)
It's disappointing though perhaps not surprising that submariners now follow "Agile" practices.
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by ta1243 on Sunday June 22, 2025 @07:23AM (#44345982)
> the engineers are not allowed to talk to normal people.

That sounds the complete antithesis of agile to me.

Is a "agile" now a term like "woke", devoid of all useful meaning

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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by darkerside on Sunday June 22, 2025 @08:02AM (#44346162)
Both are like the term aladeen. They mean something and its exact opposite. You can only determine from context.

https://youtu.be/NYJ2w82WifU

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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by bookofjoe on Sunday June 22, 2025 @08:38AM (#44346415)
also "nonplussed":https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/nonplussed
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by op00to on Sunday June 22, 2025 @08:50AM (#44346511)
always nonplussed, never plussed.
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Re:What Is the Most Realistic Submarine Movie Ever Made? [U.... by adastra22 on Monday June 23, 2025 @02:50AM (#44353117)
You are correct. “Agile” is the antithesis of Agile. The scare quotes are necessary disambiguation.
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