@richard_merren

“Pedantic” is my middle name!

Yes, my full name is Truth Pedantic Sandwich, but that’s a bit of a mouthful, so I stick to Truth Sandwich. People mostly call me Sandwich, when they call me anything at all.

Revanchism seems to be more broad, and is concerned with relitigating past losses that they refuse to accept as legitimate. In a sense, the 1/6 coup was revanchist.

Irredentism is about wanting to unite petty kingdoms. Putin certainly sees Ukraine as just another Russian-speaking territory that, by all rights, belongs under the umbrella of Moscow.

So both fit, but irredentism is more precise, if perhaps less likely to be understood.

#politics #terminology #pedantic

New Words Drop! These Words Got Added To Dictionary.com In Fall 2023 https://www.dictionary.com/e/new-dictionary-words-fall-2023/ (5 AI-related words added) #AI #words #terminology

https://www.linuxatemyram.com/

#Linux #RAM #Terminology

“Progressive conservative”?

“New Democrats”?

These political terms apparently make perfect sense in Canada, but read as nonsense in America.

Insert the standard line about two countries separated by a common language. Although, really, we’re separated by very distinct governments.

It also shows that words like “progressive” or “democrat” have very local meanings that don’t map well even to neighboring countries.

#politics #terminology

https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@glnews_mirror/110968458277917143

Bad Atheist Arguments – Vol:4 – Contradictory Claims and Statements by Davidianhttps://www.answers-in-reason.com/?p=5211?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Automation&utm_campaign=PAD#BadArguments #Bad#Atheist #Atheism #Atheist #Belief #Language #Science #Terminology #Contradiction #Evolution #Philosophy

So what is this ‘Normative’ thing all about anyway? by Davidianhttps://www.answers-in-reason.com/?p=7800?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Automation&utm_campaign=PAD#Agnosticism #Agnostic #Atheist #Atheism #Belief #Logic #Language #MiscReligious #Philosophy #Rationality #Terminology

What's open and what's not in "open" #AI?
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543807

"We find that the terms ‘open’ and ‘open source’ are used in confusing and diverse ways, often constituting more aspiration or marketing than technical descriptor, and frequently blending concepts from both #OpenSource software and #OpenScience. This complicates an already complex landscape, in which there is currently no agreed on definition of ‘open’ in the context of AI."

#Hype #OpenWashing #Terminology

Ontology and the things we lack… (lacktheism or rocktheism?) by Davidianhttps://www.answers-in-reason.com/?p=8374?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Automation&utm_campaign=PAD#Agnosticism #Agnostic #Atheist #Atheism #BadArguments #Belief #Logic #Language #Philosophy #Rationality #Sceptic #Scepticism #Skeptic #Skepticism #Terminology

Make Use Of: What Are Foddian Games, and What's the Origin of the Name? https://www.makeuseof.com/what-are-foddian-games/ #Tech #MakeUseOf #TechNews #IT via @morganeogerbc #VideoGameDesign #Terminology #Gaming

@eanakashima

I love how people get offended by #terminology.

New one is #invented.
#Overused, #recycled ..

I think #language might've been the #foirbidden #fruit after all.

Talk so much.
Say so little
#Understand even less

Then again, being #annoyed at #unimpoirtant #things is a way to spend a #life
#RamblingsAlcea

Weird #science #terminology question...

At school I remember adjusting a spectroscope in physics class. It involved a process of alternating between two dials. Each adjustment would throw the other dial out so you had to switch, and then the first dial would be out (by less) etc. Eventually you home in on the correct setup for both.

I could have sworn this process had a name, but I've never been able to remember it. Did I imagine that? Is there a generic name for this adjustment process?

"It may seem positive that Islam is being discussed by former detractors beyond the prisms of #extremism and #terrorism, but this exchange is part of a growing trend of something more ominous that involves #ideological borrowing in both directions.

The language of the #incel “red pill” #movement has been translated into Arabic, and its #terminology can be found in Arabic #chat rooms and on other #websites.

Conversely, conservative #male pundits in the West are hosting #Muslim voices on their #podcasts and #shows.

And while these #groups have historically been at loggerheads, the overlaps in their values are also clear in their opposition to #feminism and the #antisemitism that is rife in both #communities."

https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-red-pillers-of-islam/

Reminder: a "boundary" is something you set for *yourself*. Like, "if you do X, I will do Y". The "I will do Y" part is the boundary.

"You can't do X" is not a boundary. It's a rule, an attempt to control another person. Don't let someone call you a "boundary violator" if you simply refuse to accept their rules for you.

#boundaries #TherapySpeak #terminology #buzzwords #JonahHill

Rachel Woods on LinkedIn: Here's my mini-series on common AI terminology explained through why it… https://www.linkedin.com/posts/woodsrach_heres-my-mini-series-on-common-ai-terminology-activity-7082720738666827776-z1SM #AI #terminology #tokens

#NISO just released the first version of its standardized #terminology for #PeerReview.
https://groups.niso.org/higherlogic/ws/public/download/28900/Z39.106-2023-Peer_Review_Terminology.pdf

Announcement
https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/peer-review-terminology

"Suggestions for improving this standard are welcome. They should be sent to the National
Information Standards Organization…via
email at <nisohq@niso.org>."

#standards

@Puppy90switch This sort of #terminology problem pops up in a lot of contexts, like #kink and #BDSM, too. A #label is useful to a point, but it doesn’t eliminate the need to talk and ask questions and discuss what’s actually meant. 😁😈 @Richboy50

The name for the algebraic structure consisting of a set \(A\) equipped with a binary operation \(f\colon A^2\to A\) which is not assumed to be commutative, associative, etc. has an interesting history. As far as I can tell, this sort of algebra was originally known as a "groupoid", and you can find recent literature using the term in that way. However, Nicolas Bourbaki called a set with a single binary operation a "magma" in his _Éléments de mathématique_ and this name came to be used when there might be confusion with the newer topological use of "groupoid" to mean a category whose morphisms are all invertible. A third contender is "binar". I don't know the history of this one but it seems reasonable to me.

I prefer "magma" myself. I don't know what a "lava" or a "volcano" should be nor have I had the audacity to try to name something like this in the literature. One reason I prefer "magma" is that I can talk about a set \(A\) equipped with a single \(n\)-ary operation \(f\colon A^n\to A\) as an "\(n\)-ary magma" (or just "\(n\)-magma" or even "magma").

#algebra #UniversalAlgebra #topology #bourbaki #terminology

Is it dehumanising to say “female to man to female” or similar? I don’t get why straight men call women “female” without using the same kind of terminology with males.

I find it disrespectful, because it makes it sound like women are just animals and not human. Not on the same level as men.

Plus it just gives me Tate vibes when a guy says that. Women are not objects.

Apparently I’m whining about this, according to my brother.

#Frustration #Terminology #Women #Men

We should refer to groups of stockholders and investors as “capitol unions” just as we refer to organized groups of workers as “labor unions.”

#labor #politics #economics #terminology

@Judeet98 Agree with the first part and the reasoning, but doesn't "planetary" bring us back to the long old discussions about how the planet will be fine without humans?

#terminology #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatecatastrophe #planet