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by salawat 1359 days ago
I mean... It kinda did. Sarcasm aside.

The trouble is all those darn uninitiated and trying to create a generalized oracle to map their inspecific ramblings to what they mean to free them of having to actually communicate properly...

Actually, funnily enough, this has cross section with philosophy in a way most programmers scoff at; but communication is frigging hard, and worse, detecting when someone is trying to get something across, but just needs a nudge in the right direction to be able to find the language to explain it is really damn hard.

I run into it every time I get a haircut. I have no idea how to speak their language, so it's always "Uh... A little off the top and rounded at the back, I guess?"