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		fastasucan on Jan 27, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The impact of competition and DeepSeek on Nvidia The word moat was first used in english in the 15th century https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moat

neuronic on Jan 28, 2025 [–]

Yes my wording was rubbish I should have said "tuned up" in the HN bubble. Quick ctrl-f shows 35 uses in this thread without loading all comments.

I did not mean that it was literally invented a short while ago - a few months ago I had to look up what it means though (not native English).

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