Me too, it’s the most low-key killer feature of the OS imo. I use it automatically just to check my assumptions most most of the time; it’s just so easy and easily ingrained.
I suppose you could look at it that way. I certainly did, and it has taken me a very (stupid) long time come to a slightly different understanding. Not saying it is better necessarily. I just find it closer to true more of the time in my life.
Misusing words may or may not be stupid—without more information, including some nebulous stuff about intent and interpretation, I have no way of saying for sure in a given encounter.
What I would say instead is that many people seem to see “misuses words because [cocky/pretentious/know-it-all/careless]” as a heuristic for stupid. It isn’t a great heuristic, but knowing that people use it to rank you and choosing speech accordingly…isn’t stupid.
I think this is also a mechanism for languages to evolve: for whatever reason people start using a word differently from the dictionary definition. After a while if it has enough support the new usage gets added in. Sometimes the new way can be so entrenched that the old definition becomes archaic.
In all seriousness, I live on the Big Island of Hawai’i and have been involved with our wonderful college of tropical agriculture many times over the years. I also know the university of which it is a part, having attended as an adult in my thirties. I have a pdf written by researchers at the tropical ag then-outpost from the thirties. Many, many pages and photos of different avocado varieties. And that was nearly a century ago
If you’re polite and whatnot, you should be able to call or email someone at the topical ag school (CTAHR is the name ) should be able to point you to at avocado data, including images. I haven’t seen it, but I know it exists. I have seen other collections there, but the big island has a staggering number of different avocado cultivars currently being grown at any one time. They’re economically important, and thus well studied. Yeah, call the school. Be nice, because you will not get anywhere if you’re traveling at full mainland speed.
Replying to you via HACK on iPadOS; I just want to say thank you for making such a fantastic, affordable HN client. I love it, and I tell everyone I know that it is the best way to use HN on mobile. To anyone who happens upon this comment: give it a shot!
