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		hilux on Oct 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: M4 MacBook Pro You think the difference between "newer than ... aging phone" and "NEW" is "semantics"??? HN really has turned into reddit.

robotresearcher on Oct 31, 2024 [–]

Reddit-style pedantry time!

Semantics is literally the meaning of things. So, yes the difference between those phrases is semantics.

But your use of 'semantics' meant something subtly different. Ain't language weird?

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