• @SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukOPM
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    3011 months ago

    And here’s someone much cleverer than me explaining just a few of the uses of nanotechnology and why it’s not BS.

    • sab
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      2511 months ago

      While I appreciate the effort (and the info!) I don’t think anyone in good faith actually needs to be told that nanotechnology is real and potentially very useful.

      • @SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukOPM
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        1811 months ago

        The first reply to this post was asking what nano was so I thought I’d add an explanation with added Musk nonsense. Yesterday I posted in !confidently_incorrect and found that some people didn’t know what “soup du jour” meant in English so I’m erring on the side of caution today!

        • sab
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          11 months ago

          It’s absolutely appreciated regardless!

          It’s always nice when stupid discussions introduced by trolls in bad faith ends up being an opportunity to actually learn something interesting. :)

          Also got me googling to check if “soup du jour” meant something else than soup of the day in English - you had me intrigued for a second!

          • @SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukOPM
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            811 months ago

            You’re welcome! Someone replied on the soup de jour post that they “didn’t speak French” and I thought they were trolling at first. I assumed it was a well known loan word for all native English speakers, like RVSP, déjà-vu, cul-de-sac, chaise lounge etc etc. That’s what I get for making assumptions!

            • sab
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              311 months ago

              I think there’s a chance you might indeed be overestimating the average English speaker’s proficiency in loan words! Good thing dictionaries are not hard to find these days. :)