[1/*] It's psychologically disturbing how bad language redefinition has gotten. I was reading a health care contract today that had a section on "Radiology Centers of Excellence". Obviously I had no idea what that meant initially, but it was my reaction that disturbed me.
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Just add self-appointed to the front of the title. Then it matches up mentally.
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Yep. Someone needs to tell those responsible to stop using Orwell’s 1984 as a manual. It was *supposed* to be a warning.
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There are too many people too busy twisting the language to further their agendas instead of building common ground. Some good examples from the industry are the terms 'free software' and 'cross platform'. Different agendas, different clashing definitions. It's a language war.
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blazingly fast javascript web framework
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I can’t decide if it is even worse that “synchronous” and “asynchronous” have the exact opposite meaning in programming than in every other context even though there is no sinister motivation behind it.
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And stuff like eg "institute for environmental studies". Which is always turns out to be some thinktank associated with oil barons pushing for environmental deregulation. Or in the UK we have "taxpayer's alliance" which is free market thinktank, nothing to do with taxpayers
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"Blazingly fast, secure, modern library for <something> ....... written in JS"
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Previously we used language to describe things as much as it was possible (Wittgenstein rolling in the grave) but now it is used as a tool for change and one of the fundomental things to change for these people is that quality is subjective and actually doesn't matter much
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Don't worry, it just means your bullshitometer is working.
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