https://xkcd.com/2908

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Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA’s Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor.

  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Context, apparently the word “set” has 430 meanings in the Oxford dictionary. So there’s a lot of ambiguity. It’s very confusing but I think we give as good as we get in that regard.