A hacker was once a computer enthusiast, and the media made it into a name for criminals who break into other people’s systems.
Decades ago, people started using baud when they meant BPS. Not many technical people back then, but it wasn’t possible to correct the few who made the mistake. Even one top member of the CCC (Chaos Computer Club) said it’s just “baud” now, no matter the real meaning.
(baud = symbols per second. A symbol can transport multiple bits, so a V.32 modem with 9600 bps worked at 2400 baud, 4 bits per symbol.)
GIF is an image format. Multiple frames stored in such a file can get played like a video. But today every video without sound gets called a GIF.
AI is an old term. But today most people say AI but only mean genAI.
It’s even more absurd: There are gamers who demand computer games without AI. WTF?
AI was always part of computer games. Even the early computerized board games. I remember Half-Life fans loving the enemy AI. And I think one of the games in the Wolfenstein franchise had enemies that found cover when shot at. That’s normal, old AI. Not genAI.
If AI is really lost, how do we discuss the thing that was once considered AI?
I’m still trying to figure out when “bucket list” came to mean a todo list with a deadline rather than a list of things to do before you die.
figure it out should be on your bucket list
From the employer’s perspective, there is no difference.
It is usually one person not fully understanding the meaning, using it wrong and no one correcting them. I know a guy that does it all the time, and then he says “you know what I meant”. No, I did not!
That’s not at all what a bucket list is
edit: unclear, my meaning was “a random todo list with a date is not a ‘bucket list’” - to me a bucket list is a list of things to do before you die
That is exactly what a bucket list is. It’s a list of things you want to do before you “kick the bucket”.
Correct, we are in agreement. Sorry, my comments intent was “a bucket list is not a dated todo list”
u/CallMeAI already described two interpretations, which is the 3rd you’re proposing?
how about a list of buckets?
I think I saw a TikTok talking about it. It was first mentioned in a movie. I am not sure if it is from this or from the last century. But less than 40 years.