Tibor to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agoToday i installed arch linux for the first timeimagemessage-square387arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1114cross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneslackernews@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1imageToday i installed arch linux for the first timeTibor to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square387cross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneslackernews@lemmy.world
minus-squaregun/linuxlinkfedilink2•11 months agoConservative means “not extreme” E.g. conservative estimates
minus-square@a_statistician@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•11 months agoWords can have multiple meanings - it might be best to find one that doesn’t have the same baggage that conservative has, such as “risk-averse”
minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilink4•edit-211 months agoNot extreme is rather moderate. Conservative estimate means there’s a tendency to not change what was estimated in the past. Moderate would mean that a small change would be accepted.
Conservative means “not extreme”
E.g. conservative estimates
Words can have multiple meanings - it might be best to find one that doesn’t have the same baggage that conservative has, such as “risk-averse”
Not extreme is rather moderate. Conservative estimate means there’s a tendency to not change what was estimated in the past. Moderate would mean that a small change would be accepted.