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He does that all the time, but that's not what the audience of this particular article wants or needs. Technical discussions are ok and are important and assuming a level of competence for those discussions as table stakes to participate is necessary sometimes.


On an open web however, audiences are pluralistic, and even within technical circles there's a fine line between elucidation and obfuscation.

As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm okay with jargon, but it can be difficult to get the dosage right.




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