Are you using "affine" to mean "for which one has an affinity"? I have never heard that nor can I see that as a wide-spread definition. Just curious!

S3verin 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe non native speaker, here in germany we often say "technisch affin" which means proficient with technology

	▲	aleph_minus_one 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> here in germany we often say "technisch affin" which means proficient with technology As a native German speaker, I indeed fell for this false friend. :-(
	▲	umanwizard 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I’m a native English speaker and I have only ever heard “affine” as a technical term in mathematics, e.g. an affine transformation of vector spaces. I would have had no idea what it means outside of math. However, OP’s usage seems logical, so I wouldn’t be upset if it became popular!

sunrunner 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think that poster is saying that here on HN posters typically preserve points, lines and parallelism. Rude, quite honestly.

vonunov 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was wondering. Maybe "refined", as a derivative of the verb?