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    Cargo Airships Are Happening

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    220 points elidourado | 16 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.961s | source | bottom
    1. Terretta ◴[15 Oct 24 12:59 UTC] No.41848106[source]▶
    > Over the summer, Jim incorporated Airship Industries. He hired a team of cracked ex-SpaceX engineers. And he raised a large pre-seed round...

    This typo is perfect.

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    2. ralfd ◴[15 Oct 24 13:17 UTC] No.41848271[source]▶
    I am blind. What typo?
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    3. HenryBemis ◴[15 Oct 24 13:19 UTC] No.41848282[source]▶
    I assume the word "cracked"?
    4. lazide ◴[15 Oct 24 13:29 UTC] No.41848374[source]▶
    Nothing says fun times like a mad rocket scientist!
    5. VyseofArcadia ◴[15 Oct 24 13:35 UTC] No.41848448[source]▶
    "Crack engineer" means an engineer who is smart and capable. "Cracked engineer" means an engineer who is insane.
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    6. n_jd ◴[15 Oct 24 13:49 UTC] No.41848585{3}[source]▶
    It's just how the kids and the terminally online are saying it these days
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    7. Finbarr ◴[15 Oct 24 13:50 UTC] No.41848595[source]▶
    I don’t think it’s a typo. There’s an emergent usage of “cracked” meaning “awesome”.
    8. ◴[15 Oct 24 13:58 UTC] No.41848678[source]▶
    9. staticvoidstar ◴[15 Oct 24 14:14 UTC] No.41848846[source]▶
    Cracked is coming form Irish slang? As in the `craic is 90`. Pronounced `crack` [0]

    [0]: https://ireland-calling.com/irish-slang-craic/

    10. echelon ◴[15 Oct 24 14:15 UTC] No.41848854{3}[source]▶
    > (slang) Extremely good at something (usually a video game).

    >> 20 kills? Dude, you're cracked.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cracked

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    11. VyseofArcadia ◴[15 Oct 24 14:42 UTC] No.41849123{4}[source]▶
    Except for the very online, I think meaning 5

    > (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

    is more common in every day use than meaning 4

    >(slang) Extremely good at something (usually a video game).

    Neither the Merriam-Webster dictionary nor the Cambridge dictionary[0] list meaning 4, further hinting that it is a use that is mostly occurring in niche online communities. Note that I'm not saying meaning 4 is incorrect[1]. There's no such thing. Words is words. Usage is meaning. But I think I am justified in my belief that it is still relatively uncommon.

    [0] The OED wanted money to show me their list of meanings.

    [1] Although it is almost assuredly a mishearing of "crack".

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    12. LaGrange ◴[15 Oct 24 15:55 UTC] No.41849875[source]▶
    They did survive SpaceX, after all. You'd expect a few scars.
    13. brcmthrowaway ◴[15 Oct 24 17:21 UTC] No.41850813{4}[source]▶
    Cracked founders!
    14. cthalupa ◴[15 Oct 24 17:25 UTC] No.41850857{4}[source]▶
    Not even particularly new. I remember seeing it used talking about Counter-Strike pros in the early 2000s
    15. sn9 ◴[15 Oct 24 18:13 UTC] No.41851393{5}[source]▶
    This is an extremely online place filled with people who game or are gamer-adjacent.

    This intended meaning is obvious from context.

    16. echelon ◴[15 Oct 24 20:28 UTC] No.41852760{5}[source]▶
    It's generational. Gen Alpha increasingly use "cracked" to mean talented.

    Even "S-tier" has crept into the non-gamer vernacular. My wife and her friends - not gamers - are using it.

    TikTok spreads this stuff like wildfire.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cracked

    https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-does-cracked-mean-in-sl...