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by 75w 874 days ago
What does ‘batteries’ mean in this instance?
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milliams 874 days ago
"features"
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patja 874 days ago
The phrase is usually "batteries included" not "and batteries"
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pricechild 874 days ago
And I'd disagree that "batteries included" is a phrase used to describe "features"?

I would interpret "batteries included" to mean "you don't need to worry about shaving a yak to get this installed, it's all there and ready". Language is fun!

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myself248 874 days ago
Seriously, I was so confused by this title. Batteries are necessary for basic function of a battery-powered device, they're not bells and whistles.
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karolist 873 days ago
I'm pretty sure this phrase in tech circles was popularized by Python's moto [1], which meant to say that language ships with many features you'd have to get on your own otherwise, so to me the phrasing here was clear - you will likely not need to pull in external deps to make it useable.

1. https://peps.python.org/pep-0206/

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