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Alphabet's Jigsaw Wants To Explain Tech Jargon To You, Launches Sideways Dictionary (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the sideway-dictionary dept.

It might sound obvious, but the thing about tech is that sometimes it can get really, well, technical. From a report on CNET: So Alphabet wants to help make nitty-gritty tech jargon simpler to explain to the masses. On Tuesday, Jigsaw, a tech incubator owned by Google's parent company, launched a website called the Sideways Dictionary that takes jargon and puts it into terms normal people would understand. Jigsaw partnered with the Washington Post to build the tool.

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  1. So far it sucks. by pecosdave · · Score: 4, Informative

    I went there looking for a geekanese to normie dictionary, instead I find an Urban Dictionary analogy list. I was going to share this with my users, as for now, I think I'll pass.

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  2. Re:Link is ? by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Doesn't work in Chrome with uBlock and Privacy Badger. Disabled uBlock, could see definitions but could not log in. Gave up.

    Does not load at all on IE10. My work PC won't install IE11 for some reason.

    I have not seen a site this shitty for a while. Normally something at least kinda works.

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