Probably unrelated to this, but ‘nonce’ is a concept in cryptography (not the cryptocurrency-kind), a number used only once in a cryptographic operation.
Am from the UK and my mom would call anyone she didnt like on TV a nonce (turns out she had a high accuratarcy rate) so i grew up thinking it just meant stupid, which resulted in me calling myself a nonce when making a mistake at work to peoples shock and amusment.
Thank you for explaining, I only know nonce being used to refer to someone as a pedo so Noncefest certainly raised an eyebrow. I can only assume this guy was unaware of the meaning.
This may be pedantic, but that is the cryptocurrency kind. The “crypto” in “cryptocurrency” literally comes from the term “cryptography”. It is currency that is secured by cryptographic functions.
Cryptocurrency is cryptography, but cryptography isn’t cryptocurrency.
There’s a good reason to note that a term that most uninformed people might assume is unrelated to a shitty thing people hate. Kind of like how a lot of shit we used to call AI has to be clarified as non-llm because the llms have become the initial connotation to AI.
nonce did used to be an English word too meaning “of/at the moment” or “for one purpose” so Number used Once is actually a backronym
It derived from Middle English was “tō þen naness” which is roughly “best item for a purpose” literally, but is used to mean “something” or “disposable/temporary” in context.
Probably unrelated to this, but ‘nonce’ is a concept in cryptography (not the cryptocurrency-kind), a number used only once in a cryptographic operation.
Apart from the colloquial British use, that is.
Am from the UK and my mom would call anyone she didnt like on TV a nonce (turns out she had a high accuratarcy rate) so i grew up thinking it just meant stupid, which resulted in me calling myself a nonce when making a mistake at work to peoples shock and amusment.
Same here. Learned at about the age of 35 the real meaning!
Thank you for explaining, I only know nonce being used to refer to someone as a pedo so Noncefest certainly raised an eyebrow. I can only assume this guy was unaware of the meaning.
The slang term for pedophile is only used in the UK, hence the Americans keep doing this.
We need to bring it to our own lexicon. It packs a punch. 😂
This may be pedantic, but that is the cryptocurrency kind. The “crypto” in “cryptocurrency” literally comes from the term “cryptography”. It is currency that is secured by cryptographic functions.
Cryptocurrency is cryptography, but cryptography isn’t cryptocurrency.
There’s a good reason to note that a term that most uninformed people might assume is unrelated to a shitty thing people hate. Kind of like how a lot of shit we used to call AI has to be clarified as non-llm because the llms have become the initial connotation to AI.
I’m well aware.
Most cryptocurrency pushers are less interested in the underlying cryptographic fundamentals, however.
Cryptography is undeniably cool. Cryptocurrency is undeniably not cool.
Cryptocurrency uses cryptographics, the WEB uses cryptographics! Everone uses cryptographics.
It’s a banana is a fruit moment.
nonce did used to be an English word too meaning “of/at the moment” or “for one purpose” so Number used Once is actually a backronym
It derived from Middle English was “tō þen naness” which is roughly “best item for a purpose” literally, but is used to mean “something” or “disposable/temporary” in context.
As someone from the UK who works in software engineering, the combination of meanings is always hilarious
I spent a while figuring that one out for sure (am swedish)!
It’s like being psychology adjacent and having to double check which CBT do people mean
thank you i had to look up the british slang now, as I could only think of the cryptographic association
Very related to this
See, I never knew that. I wondered what kind of weird convention this is. 😂