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saraid216 on Feb 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ruby - Handling 1 Million Concurrent Connections

> Pedantic, but important to note.

Pedantic, but "pedantic" actually idiomatically means "not important to note".

agentultra on Feb 20, 2013 [–]

In what culture?

In my dictionary it's "of or like a pedant"; a pedant being someone who is overly concerned with minor details.

Still... noted!

saraid216 on Feb 21, 2013 | [–]

If the detail is minor, it's not important.

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