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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.

  • @[email protected]
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    3 months ago

    umm.

    These characters have multiple entirely different meanings. How does one find out what the supposed meaning is? Or is it up to the reader to decide?

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      3 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.