Why “definitely” is being discussed
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Thank you! I will definitely be adding things like this! Just wanted to get something out there, and then add to it! Thanks for playing!
by rkotcher · Sep 16, 2026
> Nord Stream was definitely not an accident and we know who did that Lol who claimed it was an "accident"? Most likely it was disgruntled Ukrainians with just enough resources…
by preisschild · Sep 16, 2026
Yeah I see developers constantly saying they RE stuff using LLM in a clean room way and it’s definitely an opinion, not a fact. Just look at the most recent post here: https:&#x…
by cromka · Sep 16, 2026
The UK will likely be welcome back right after everyone's confident Leave (be that Tory, Farage, or whoever the even worse party that Musk now supports are) definitely won't win…
by ben_w · Sep 16, 2026
It's a common trope but I think it is a 2020 The Atlantic article being half remembered https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/how-…
by huurtehoog · Sep 16, 2026
> What even is "system one" I definitely agree it's underexplained in type safe.ai's materials. I have to assume it's a reference to the fast, heuristic, intuitive "system 1" pr…
by salicideblock · Sep 16, 2026
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Definiteness is a feature of noun phrases in grammatical theory. Read more on Wikipedia