a) Using some other horizontal line is not in the class of "wrong" that would warrant this sort of reaction. You're debating the pixel count. Not the object. The aspect ratio of it.
b) If you're acting out of fear that's dumb, yes. If you however simply pick your battles for efficiency, that's not "the terrorists win". That's "you win" instead of "you loose due to attrition".
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I've also consulted with the LLM regarding the "class of wrong" thing, because I thought it might be not quite clear.
So what I meant by that is that it's not giving up actual words or dumbing down your sentences.
Just swapping out a character that is practically indistiguishable for the untrained eye.
Hell, whole classes of social engineering attacks rely on that very property.
I know I know. "Wehret den Anfängen". Slippery slope.
But those are insane as a default reaction to everything.
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I get it. SV sucks. HN sucks. The world sucks. Can't let it also take this little thing.
If it can take all the big things, then at least it won't take this tiny tidbit.
Emotionally, I get it.
But that's not how you make rational decisions. Nor is it how we would win.
a) Using some other horizontal line is not in the class of "wrong" that would warrant this sort of reaction. You're debating the pixel count. Not the object. The aspect ratio of it.
b) If you're acting out of fear that's dumb, yes. If you however simply pick your battles for efficiency, that's not "the terrorists win". That's "you win" instead of "you loose due to attrition".
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I've also consulted with the LLM regarding the "class of wrong" thing, because I thought it might be not quite clear.
So what I meant by that is that it's not giving up actual words or dumbing down your sentences. Just swapping out a character that is practically indistiguishable for the untrained eye.
Hell, whole classes of social engineering attacks rely on that very property.
I know I know. "Wehret den Anfängen". Slippery slope.
But those are insane as a default reaction to everything.
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I get it. SV sucks. HN sucks. The world sucks. Can't let it also take this little thing. If it can take all the big things, then at least it won't take this tiny tidbit.
Emotionally, I get it.
But that's not how you make rational decisions. Nor is it how we would win.