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What more proof do you need that *BSD is dying? That pretty much sums it up.

From Merriam-Webster

Definition of crost: past tense of cross

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

I mean, right there it says:

2 : a liquid resembling milk in appearance: such as
      a : the latex of a plant
      b : the contents of an unripe kernel of grain

Marketing people keep trying to pretend that plant juice somehow becomes milk if it happens to be (or is made to be) white.

What, do you propose sjbe, we call our galaxy? Now that we know, through your declaration, substances do not become milk if it happens to be white, what should we call the heavenly road other than the Milky Way?

You got yourself twisted up in your knickers there trying to pretend you are smart.

As usual, people that say such things are displaying dunning-kruger. Just because you do not understand what an argument is does not mean someone else is merely pretending to be smart by using the term correctly.

OP is wrong. "Milk" can also refer to the fluid found in the kernels of many grains and nuts as they ripen, like in kernels of corn.

The fact that the dictionary itself can’t even define the non-dairy definition of “milk” without referring to actual milk should tell you something about what the word inherently means. Here’s DuckDuckGo’s suggested definition:

A liquid, such as coconut milk, milkweed sap, plant latex, or various medical emulsions, that is similar to milk in appearance.

But you see the same thing happening in other dictionaries as well, nearly all of which define “milk” in terms of its resemblance to actual milk:
https://www.merriam-webster.co...
https://www.thefreedictionary....
https://medical-dictionary.the...

Latinx is a real word.

No, not really. Anything you use is technically a "real word" but this one has yet to be added to any serious dictionary.

The second one. Or the first, depending.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/bury-the-lede-versus-lead

"sic" isn't used in the summary, so I assume you are referring to the use in the actual article, https://www.zdnet.com/article/...

the quote is: "I don't ever want to have to fight so hard for a PEP ... and find that so many people despise (sic) my decisions."

The word "despise" seems to be correctly spelled, so it's not clear why it should marked sic. Technically, that's just Latin meaning "thus," (implying correct as written verbatim from the original)-- but since it is correct, there's no particular reason to point that out-- it's not a misspelling.

So, I don't know why the "sic" either.

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

They're not keeping children in "concentration camps" on the southern border. Geeze, you people are self-parody.

They are absolutely keeping children in concentration camps.

First, maybe we should establish a definition of "concentration camp"" According to Merriam-Webster, a concentration camp is, "a camp where persons (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined"

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

Next, we should establish that Trump is indeed keeping children in such places [note: I purposely only include foreign news sources for this, so you can't claim some local political bias]

https://news.sky.com/story/hun...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...

https://www.standard.co.uk/new...

And when did this new policy of indefinite detention of children start? May of 2018.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...

Further, since people who present at a port of entry requesting asylum have broken no US laws, the Trump Administration is separating children from parents who have done nothing wrong and holding them in concentration camps just to exert political pressure on his opponents.

https://www.vanityfair.com/new...

To go even further: Not even the dictonaries play the dictionary police : https://www.merriam-webster.co...
The words left out are as real as those that gain entry; the former simply haven't met the criteria for dictionary entry â" at least not yet

OTOH just because a word or a meaning is NOT in a dictionary does not mean it is wrong to use it in another way.
Dictionaries are not some sort of defining factor to make a word legal or not. The dictionary is merely a very extensive list of words with an explanation. It is in no way a limiting factor in any language.

Or from merriam-webster.com (Emphasis mine)

Dictionaries and reality

Most general English dictionaries are designed to include only those words that meet certain criteria of usage across wide areas and over extended periods of time. As a result, they may omit words that are still in the process of becoming established, those that are too highly specialized, or those that are so informal that they are rarely documented in professionally edited writing. The words left out are as real as those that gain entry; the former simply haven't met the criteria for dictionary entry â" at least not yet (newer ones may ultimately gain admission to the dictionary's pages if they gain sufficient use).

Somebody with a better grasp of English that you, apparently

The word you're looking for is "piques."

http://www.dictionary.com/e/pique-peak-peek/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/pique-vs-peak-vs-peek
https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/peak-peek-pique/

murder as in: kill against their will

murder:

the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought

You could make an argument that there's some universal law against killing, so it's all murder. Or you could argue that not even stoning adulterers is murder, since it follows the law. Either way, it doesn't mean what you said it means.

Merriam Webster defines high fidelity, and Wikipedia does as well. The HomePods are NOT high fidelity. Walk into any stereo shop and ask... But hey, this is the company that pushes their crappy "earpods" and owns Beats - what do we expect about audio quality?

Merriam-Webster's definition is kind of self-referential, and is quite subjective:

"the reproduction of an effect (such as sound or an image) that is very faithful to the original."

That's IT. You are KIDDING me, right?

The first paragraph of Wikipedia's definition sounds like some rando off the street wrote it.

"High fidelity (often shortened to hi-fi or hifi) is a term used by listeners, audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound.[1] This is in contrast to the lower quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment, or the inferior quality of sound reproduction that can be heard in recordings made until the late 1940s.

Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.[2]".

And their second paragraph (above) is such that NOT ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT can meet it, at least not the "Flat ... frequency response within the human hearing range.".

Not ONE piece of equipment is COMPLETELY FLAT. Some come pretty close; but, if you are to take Wikipedia at their word...

And that's the best you can do? Sheesh!

Merriam Webster defines high fidelity, and Wikipedia does as well. The HomePods are NOT high fidelity. Walk into any stereo shop and ask... But hey, this is the company that pushes their crappy "earpods" and owns Beats - what do we expect about audio quality?

I'm a slightly past middle aged man myself at 38

Middle aged is generally defined as 45 to 64. You have another seven years to go before the barista fresh out of college starts offering you a senior citizen discount.

That movie was released in 2000. It seems the term "battles royal" or "battle royale" was first used in this context as early as 1671. 1.a.a fight participated in by more than two combatants; especially : one in which the last fighter in the ring or the last fighter standing is declared the winner.

Battle Royal in pro wrestling goes back at least to Wrestlemania 2 which took place on April 7th, 1986.

Conventional plastics degrade/release the chemicals very very slowly, causing very little actual chemical harm to the environment.

Um, No.

Also, your definition of biodegradable

"Biodegradable" means that the chemicals in the product are released into the environment quickly.

seems a little too conveniently crafted for supporting your thesis.

I think this one is a bit more accurate

Except in this case built is an adjective:

built
adjective
Definition of built for English Language Learners
—used to say that someone or something has the right qualities for or to do something
: made, formed, or shaped in a specified way

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

Grammar nazi fail.

AI is not AI.

This statement is logically self-contradictory. And your follow up statement, "nor is it 'intelligent'" reveals that you don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about. Not remotely.

The definition of "artificial intelligence" does not include consciousness, nor magical powers. Nor does it require intelligence. You see, that's why the word "artificial" is placed in front of the word "intelligence." It isn't intelligence. It isn't supposed to be intelligence. It is a machine faking it. One makes a complex algorithm that does things which normally require intelligence to do, without actually being intelligent, and that's artificial intelligence.

Your belief that that which is currently labeled "AI" doesn't actually qualify as "AI" is simply false, and is founded entirely on your complete ignorance as to what the word "AI" actually means. You are using the word wrong, and that's a fact.

Don't believe me? look it up yourself. The facts are simple and clear, and you are wrong, and that is all there is.

I don't understand why you and your ilk adamantly refuse to use words the same way the rest of us do. You just make yourselves look like fools.

Dark" side of the moon... actually gets slightly MORE light

Dark isn't always a synonym for "dim". On of the definitions of dark (and the version being used) not known or explored because of remoteness. For instance, did you think that the "deep, dark heart of the jungle" referred to an area we knew was in the shade?

Are you absolutely sure that references to the jungles of sub-Saharan Africa being "dark" were not references to the skin color of its inhabitants?

Explorer Henry Morton Stanley coined the phrase "Dark Continent" for Africa in his 1878 book Through the Dark Continent which is a chronicle of his journeys through a central Africa, which was already densely populated by Africans and well known to Arab traders. It was not well known to Europeans, but hardly unknown or unexplored generally.

But no one uses that phrase anymore. You can fly to the capital of any African nation, and arbitrarily detailed maps and travel guides are available to anyone, anywhere.

The far side of the Moon was unknown (and thus "dark" in Stanley's phrase, if he was in fact referring to Africa being unknown and not to its inhabitants) but after the Soviet Academy of Sciences published the first atlas of the far side in 1960 it can hardly be said to be unknown anymore.

But we don't use that because we are speaking ENGLISH, in which the correct plural is "Octopuses."

Merriam-Webster disagrees.

While "Octopuses" is acceptable, Octopodes is correct. Octopi, as you rightly note, is equivalent to saying that because the plural of "goose" is "geese", that the plural of "moose" is "meese".

Dark" side of the moon... actually gets slightly MORE light

Dark isn't always a synonym for "dim". On of the definitions of dark (and the version being used) not known or explored because of remoteness. For instance, did you think that the "deep, dark heart of the jungle" referred to an area we knew was in the shade?

False. An algorithm need not "infer new paths" in order to "imitate intelligent behavior."

Inferring new paths is one thing that qualifies as intelligent behavior....one thing among many....and an algorithm need not imitate every single aspect of intelligent behavior in order to be considered AI.

Further, if the set of predefined paths is large enough, then the use of predefined paths is, in and of itself, an imitation of the act of inferring new paths.

Imitations need not be perfect. And imitation is the essence of the definition of AI (at least according to THE GODDAMNED DICTIONARY).

Wonderful. Then as I requested, please provide me with the location of the "leftists" headquarters so I can go and talk to them. I have a lot of questions.

Just because you can find a definition of something doesn't make it a real thing. Are you five?

And on top of that, "the political left" isn't a homogeneous thing either. "Left" doesn't even fully overlap with "Democrat" at this point in time! Your flamebait was well earned. I hope the leftists don't turn you into a gay SJW tonight. Sleep tight!

> ... and W3C is willing to pursuit such a blatantly anti-user misfeatures ...

This sentence no verb. (Hint: pursuit is a noun. https://www.merriam-webster.co...)

“Defendant voluntarily appeared through counsel as provided for in [federal rules], and further intends to enter a plea of not guilty. Defendant has not sought a limited appearance nor has it moved to quash the summons. As such, the briefing sought by the Special Counsel’s motion is pettifoggery,” Dubelier and Seikaly wrote.

So they did not appear themselves. And GP even quotes that their move is called pettifoggery.

Definition of pettifogger
1 : a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : shyster
2 : one given to quibbling over trifles

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.co...

lead --> lede

Calling it "urinous" has its own problems, though.

And you might want to read a dictionary before you feel that you should correct someone on their use of a word.
Definition of incredulous
1 : unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
2 : incredible
3 : expressing incredulity an incredulous stare

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Using Wikipedia as an authority source...
Both sides of can play the same game

Tammie Jo Shults is the pilot who bravely flew Southwest Flight 1380 to safety after part of its left engine ripped off

So what would have been the cowardly variant? Crashing the plane?

Adjectives have meaning. I mean, I'm glad that part of its left engine hasn't "tragically" ripped off since nowadays everything unfortunate or awful is "tragic". But what the fuck is "brave" about saving your beans? "In an extraordinary display of skills, presence of mind and composure": yeah.

There are a fuckload of reasons to admire her feat. Braveness isn't one.

You know what word also has meaning?

The word "Dictionary"

Bravery : The quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : the quality or state of being brave : courage showing bravery under fire

So I got a question for you:

Who died and made you God? Because the last I checked, people did have a right to call this stuff bravery.

However, this doesn't surprise me. We live in a society where anybody can criticize another person without knowing jack shit about them or what it took to do what they did either mentally or physically. They don't have a leg to stand on. So they find the most pedestrian thing to criticize.

Also the fact this was posted by an AC is just richly ironic.

Bravery is where you have a choice whether to put yourself in a dangerous situation

Dictionary definitions of bravery do not require a choice, but I think there is a connotation. I would go with "courageous" rather than "brave" to describe Capt. Shults' handling of this situation.

So what would have been the cowardly variant?... Adjectives have meaning.

Brave:

1. 1: Having (or showing) the mental (or moral) strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty.
2. 2: Making a fine show
3. 3: Excellent, splendid

Meanwhile, "cowardly" doing something would be doing it while showing disgraceful fear. I suppose that would be apparent in her voice and word choices.

That actually make my analogy more accurate; a ford mustang is only slightly larger then a ford pinto.

According to Websters

: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire; also : a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

However, I will argue that the exact definition should be far more specific. You are also right that "reasonable" gun regulation means a lot of things to a lot of people. In general I think guns like the AR-15 should not be so easily available but still available to "qualified" people. For an example of qualified, see what it takes to own any gun in Australia. I think it should be that hard to own high power, semi automatic rifles. But that shouldn't apply to shotguns, pistols, or your typical bolt action hunting rifle. In other words, I don't want hunters to be affected. I don't want people who want to protect their family with a pistol to be affected.

People are dying so that other people can collect guns and target shoot. That seems silly to me.

Definition of Artificial Intelligence:

"the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior"

We have many instances of precisely that in many problem domains.

You are flatly wrong, and therefore the rest of us will not stop calling it "AI" no matter how much you implore.

No, moron, here is the definition straight from the dictionary:

"the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior"

See how SIMPLE that is??? AI does not need to BE intelligent, it just needs to imitate intelligence. And there is NOTHING here about it being just like a thinking person in every way.

Look up dotard in the dictionary and guess whose picture you'll find?

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

Atheism is the positive belief there is no God.

Stop mixing and mangling definitions. Words have meanings.

No, it isn't.

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

a : a lack of belief or a strong disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods
b : a philosophical or religious position characterized by disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods

The first flatly states it's a lack of belief, not a positive belief

Second one speaks of a position (not a belief) which is characterized by a disbelief. So again, no positive belief

You're the one mangling definitions of words. Stop trying to override reality with your newspeak

A more authoritative source.