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Re:Show HN: Learning SICP with Understudy by bitwize on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @06:30PM (#7562940)
It succinctly captures the entire category of "small personal electronic device from Apple" including all present and plausible future product lines. Unlike M$, it has both derogatory and non-derogatory intonations and connotations.
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Re:Show HN: Learning SICP with Understudy by qq66 on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @07:32PM (#7563251)
iDevice captures the same category without any derogatory intonations.
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Re:Show HN: Learning SICP with Understudy by davexunit on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @08:32PM (#7563495)
It's meant to be a pejorative term. Apple is an enemy of our freedom.
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Re:Show HN: Learning SICP with Understudy by pohl on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @10:46PM (#7563880)
The intended contempt may have eluded brudgers, bitwize, and peteretep but it wasn't lost on me - hence my question.
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