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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 208 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Then: Books, Movies, Videos, Blogs, Articles Now: C O N T E N T

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Then: Fire, Rocks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

It’s not the word, it’s the reductionism.

We used to call all those media except people naturally didn’t want to lump them all together.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Man, I hate the word content.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Me too. Ever since I read Richard Stallman's words to avoid article. I kinda wish I hadn't read it now lmao.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'll definitely read it start to end when I have the time later, for now this is my favourite part of the article (Of the parts I skimmed through):

“Bullshit generators” is a suitable term for large language models (“LLMs”) such as ChatGPT, that generate smooth-sounding verbiage that appears to assert things about the world, without understanding that verbiage semantically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Man, what a nice read

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Product is a word I hate.

I have a warehouse full of product.

I mean unless you're a drug smuggler... Then that's fine. But using it for random lawn mower parts is dumb I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, me too. What the fuck is content? Content means contained in something. Contained in what?

Also, "content creator" = OnlyFans

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Contained in the app you use, video you watch, article you read, page of a book, sentence in a paragraph, etc.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 days ago

I’m content with it