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  1. Comment on Tildes Book Club - Have you started Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov? in ~books

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    I read it a long time ago and didn’t care for it. I’m not inclined to reread it even though I don’t remember much of it. I’ll be interested in what people have to say about it, since I’m perfectly...

    I read it a long time ago and didn’t care for it. I’m not inclined to reread it even though I don’t remember much of it. I’ll be interested in what people have to say about it, since I’m perfectly willing to admit that I just missed the whole point of it.

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  2. Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life

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    As a job it was kind of boring, but all in all the best job I ever had was working in technical services in an academic library, because I wholeheartedly believed in the mission of the...

    As a job it was kind of boring, but all in all the best job I ever had was working in technical services in an academic library, because I wholeheartedly believed in the mission of the organization I was working for.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Is British English actually better than American English? in ~humanities.languages

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    You make some good points that are undermined by the fact that orange is objectively the best color.

    You make some good points that are undermined by the fact that orange is objectively the best color.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Matt Mullenweg says “the wheels have fallen off” in wide-ranging WordPress critique in ~tech

  5. Comment on Matt Mullenweg says “the wheels have fallen off” in wide-ranging WordPress critique in ~tech

  6. Comment on Matt Mullenweg says “the wheels have fallen off” in wide-ranging WordPress critique in ~tech

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    I'm a web programmer, but sometimes I get tricked into helping people out with their WordPress sites, and I can tell you that I have never had a worse experience. The backend of the one I'm...

    I'm a web programmer, but sometimes I get tricked into helping people out with their WordPress sites, and I can tell you that I have never had a worse experience. The backend of the one I'm currently saddled with makes no sense whatever. I mean, WTF is this Elementor thing? Everything just seems bolted on instead of actually integrated into some kind of actual framework. It's just a mess.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Matt Mullenweg says “the wheels have fallen off” in wide-ranging WordPress critique in ~tech

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    I'm familiar with the meme, but I've never understood it, probably because I don't know the source material. Could you explain it, or at least tell me what it's called so I can search it? TIA

    I'm familiar with the meme, but I've never understood it, probably because I don't know the source material. Could you explain it, or at least tell me what it's called so I can search it? TIA

    2 votes

  8. Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan in ~design

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    I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it. Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese...

    I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it.

    Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese websites when they need to render the Latin alphabet. That’s where I first became consciously aware of it. It seemed so wonderfully functional and no-nonsense.

    6 votes