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		nhinck2 on April 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When you combine two things that are close, but no... What is a single element? If you've coupled two almost related concepts into a single function then you are still only changing one element.

jfoutz on April 14, 2023 [–]

almost all the time 2+2 is the same thing as 4

but if you're foursquare's copy editor, somebody is going to be _pissed_ when they see the tagline, "it's as simple as 4".

brokenmachine on April 14, 2023 | [–]

2+2square's copy editor would be livid with that!

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