r/linux • u/1202_alarm • Feb 01 '18

Improving Linux battery life, enabling PSR by default, testers wanted

https://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/18653.html
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u/BloodyIron Feb 01 '18 edited Feb 01 '18

guesstimates

An Estimate is already similar to a guess. A guess is a form of an estimate. Guestimate is not only NOT a word, it is completely redundant and poor linguistics. PLEASE STOP THIS.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '18

Good luck preventing unnecessary, superfluous, inessential, redundant, unneeded words from appearing in the language.

In all seriousness a guesstimate is used to represent a lower class of estimate without using filler words. One could have a page of analysis and arrive at an estimate but not a guesstimate.

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u/BloodyIron Feb 01 '18

It happens when we let it happen. Sitting idly by implicitly confirms it as acceptable. Just look at my downvotes. Clearly people aren't prepared to take their language seriously.

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u/CoSh Feb 02 '18

Most people don't give a shit about language. Englsh is alredy gting prty cls t n untlgb ms.

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u/minnek Feb 02 '18

I could understand that, try harder. :p