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[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

I don't get what the joke is

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nobody actually knows what the p means but we keep using it anyway. The guy who coined it is long dead.

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Doesn't it mean "potential" ?

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago
[-] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I thought it was "power". That's probably wrong though.

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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