Tibor to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoToday i installed arch linux for the first timepawb.socialimagemessage-square391fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down1114
arrow-up11.12Karrow-down1imageToday i installed arch linux for the first timepawb.socialTibor to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square391fedilink
minus-squaregun/linuxlinkfedilink2•1 year agoConservative means “not extreme” E.g. conservative estimates
minus-square@a_statistician@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•1 year 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 🐆cakelinkfedilink4•edit-21 year 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.