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0 pointsVBprogrammer3y ago0 comments

Also, the phrase "worth their salt".

It's funny how sometimes these things are hidden in plain sight. I bet the average person would expect a more complex etymology for that phrase.

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I wonder how difficult it would be to extract this kind of evolutionary history from LLMs.

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0 pointsVBprogrammer3y ago0 comments

Also, the phrase "worth their salt".

It's funny how sometimes these things are hidden in plain sight. I bet the average person would expect a more complex etymology for that phrase.

I wonder how difficult it would be to extract this kind of evolutionary history from LLMs.

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