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		throwaway894345 on Dec 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bare-Metal Kubernetes with K3s Sometimes terms are overloaded for different domains. This is pretty common; no need to argue about which is The One True Definition.

tyingq on Dec 22, 2020 [–]

Hence, "just a case".

dividedbyzero on Dec 22, 2020 | [–]

But that's not (Orwellian) newspeak at all, is it? That term carries some very strong negative connotations.

tyingq on Dec 22, 2020 | | [–]

I did couch it with "somewhat". Though it does fit the theme of a diminished meaning for the same word, since the newer meaning is a much simpler thing to do.

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