A tweet saying "When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that int he context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing importand features, filled with flaws and not fit for the public.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 48 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Quite reasonable given that the animal behavior researchers recanted on the wolf research that led to a mistaken usage of the terms alpha and beta. Turns out they were just looking at adult wolves and labeling them alpha, and juvenile wolves and labeling those beta.

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The person who published that paper has spent so much of his life trying to inform people that it is flawed.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 26 points 8 months ago

And so many of the "how do you know what the author meant?" "I AM THE AUTHOR!"

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