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Actually, neither précis nor résumé is native English. They are French, and in French they mean "summary".
"Résumé" does mean summary, but "précis" merely means "precise" in day-to-day French. Using it when you mean "summary" is incredibly old fashioned and a bit pompous; most people wouldn't even understand what you mean.
Could someone please provide a précis?
Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .
I think you might have done it again though; I am very unfamiliar with the use of the word "resume" to be synonymous with summary, especially when not dealing with a human history.
Could someone please provide a précis?
well that's just pretentious.
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Jesus, now that we're done with all the pointless bickering about language, could someone provide a Zusammenfassung? I skimmed it, and saw nichts interessantes.
Here are the important claims made in the logs: * They have "decrypted all PSN functions." * Sony spies on basically everything PS-related (hardware plugged in, games played, etc.) and uploads it. There are "independent checks" and history wipers, etc. don't work. This may only happen when the device is networked. They can detect backups, piracy, etc. * It sends CC data, etc. via SSL, but leaves unencrypted logs on t…
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Please there is no reason to use words that most people here don't know. Plenty of people who frequent HN are non native speakers of English. To save others the trouble, calpaterson asked for a resume .
Sorry (and I'm sorry that you've been downvoted, that seems a bit unfair). I didn't realise it was such a unusual word. Schools in the UK often ask children to précis some longer piece of work. I think you might have done it again though; I am very unfamiliar with the use of the word "resume" to be synonymous with summary, especially when not dealing with a human history.
As for the alternative it was one of the things Google suggested.