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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk (edited )Link ParentNo, Jacobean is pronounced "jack-KO-bee-an." It refers to the reign of James VI/I, the Scottish king who inherited the throne of Elizabeth I. Edit: I guess some people pronounce it more like...No, Jacobean is pronounced "jack-KO-bee-an." It refers to the reign of James VI/I, the Scottish king who inherited the throne of Elizabeth I.
Edit: I guess some people pronounce it more like "jack-ko-BEE-an." I think it splits depending on which side of the pond one is on.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentOn this subject, my brain can't help but parse your handle to be pronounced like Jacobean. I've often wondered if it's supposed to be "choco-bean" (as in a cacao bean) instead, though at this...On this subject, my brain can't help but parse your handle to be pronounced like Jacobean. I've often wondered if it's supposed to be "choco-bean" (as in a cacao bean) instead, though at this point I fear those neurons are already set.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentIt's not for nothing that my browser has you tagged "terminally online tech gremlin."It's not for nothing that my browser has you tagged "terminally online tech gremlin."
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentDNAF had it right, but it's a spoonerism, not a malapropism (potato, potahto). I think the garfed-up version works though, especially online. We're all guilty of getting a little too sweaty about...DNAF had it right, but it's a spoonerism, not a malapropism (potato, potahto).
I think the garfed-up version works though, especially online. We're all guilty of getting a little too sweaty about what other people say online, and we've all been on the receiving end of other people's sweatiness. So don't pet it. Don't encourage that behavior in others, and don't reward the impulse in yourself. Don't pet the sweaty shit.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentThat's the derivation of it, yes. Upon reflection, I think I like the spooner-y version better than the traditional one. "Don't sweat the petty shit" kinda leaves you with the dilemma of figuring...That's the derivation of it, yes. Upon reflection, I think I like the spooner-y version better than the traditional one. "Don't sweat the petty shit" kinda leaves you with the dilemma of figuring out what's actually petty or not. The goofy one tells you: it's the sweaty shit, so don't pet it.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link Parent"Don't pet the sweaty shit" is sounder life advice than it first appears."Don't pet the sweaty shit" is sounder life advice than it first appears.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentYou strike me as somewhat more inclined to take an idiot to task than @chocobean, so I'm less surprised someone got a bug up their ass over you. Absolutely no shade intended, of course. I mean it...You strike me as somewhat more inclined to take an idiot to task than @chocobean, so I'm less surprised someone got a bug up their ass over you.
Absolutely no shade intended, of course. I mean it purely admiringly.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentOof. I'm guessing there was some high temper going if someone straight-up told you they dislike you. You've always seemed pretty easy-going to me, but then maybe I just don't go into the comments...Oof. I'm guessing there was some high temper going if someone straight-up told you they dislike you. You've always seemed pretty easy-going to me, but then maybe I just don't go into the comments for topics that get your feathers ruffled.
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Comment on Pathfinder 1 airship overflies Golden Gate bridge: pictures in ~transport
Promonk Link ParentI kinda doubt it. It's not fast enough to escape a moderately determined Volkswagen Beetle, let alone a modern military jet. Something that large is likely to show up on radar like a blinking,...I kinda doubt it. It's not fast enough to escape a moderately determined Volkswagen Beetle, let alone a modern military jet. Something that large is likely to show up on radar like a blinking, blimp-shaped neon sign, so I can't imagine it would be much good for spying either. If the military wanted it for anything it would be for logistics, and even then its utility would be marginal–"slow, steady and vulnerable" is really more the logistics private sector's bag.
No, I reckon ol' Sergey imagines himself a modern-day Phileas Fogg with a little Henry Ford mixed in for good measure.
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Comment on Pathfinder 1 airship overflies Golden Gate bridge: pictures in ~transport
Promonk LinkWhat exactly is the use-case for this sort of transport? It's slower than any other form of large-scale transport, limited in carrying capacity, and energetically expensive to navigate in anything...What exactly is the use-case for this sort of transport? It's slower than any other form of large-scale transport, limited in carrying capacity, and energetically expensive to navigate in anything but still air. Pretty much the only niche I can see it filling is for slow, luxury cruising, and I could see the novelty of that wearing off long before the market covers R&D.
I'm as big a fan of the retro-futurist Sky Captain aesthetic as the next nerd, but I'm skeptical that the numbers support this ever being anything but a cool proof of concept.
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Comment on Dick Cheney dies at 84 in ~society
Promonk Link ParentSo did Reagan, and there's no shortage of hagiography around his memory.He died a natural death of old age as a free man.
So did Reagan, and there's no shortage of hagiography around his memory.
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Comment on The Icelandic women's strike fifty years on – despite closing the gender pay gap by 90%, the nation is ‘still no paradise’ for women, say campaigners in ~life.women
Promonk (edited )Link ParentThe actual quote is even worse: I couldn't help but mentally picture hundreds of Icelandic women running their asses off in giant hamster wheels to power a foundry or something. The whole piece...The actual quote is even worse:
The nation is now “powered by two sustainable energies: geothermal power and girl power”, said Tómasdóttir.
I couldn't help but mentally picture hundreds of Icelandic women running their asses off in giant hamster wheels to power a foundry or something.
The whole piece has a strange tone to it. "Still no paradise" is a weird phrase to even include in a piece of journalism, much less hang a headline on.
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Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment in ~games
Promonk Link ParentI don't have a problem with the expression per se. I just figured you hadn't learned of that complication and might have chosen a different expression if you had.I don't have a problem with the expression per se. I just figured you hadn't learned of that complication and might have chosen a different expression if you had.
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Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment in ~games
Promonk (edited )Link ParentUm, just looked this story up because I did know of her, but somehow had never heard about this horrific event. You may want to edit this particular phrase.......
Um, just looked this story up because I did know of her, but somehow had never heard about this horrific event. You may want to edit this particular phrase.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/adriana-chechik-pregnant-twitchcon-injury-rcna54899
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentI'd like to nominate a name for your scheme: the Great Enweebening.I'd like to nominate a name for your scheme: the Great Enweebening.
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Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech
Promonk Link ParentI am going to come at you with "Linux is ready now," because the issue isn't the readiness of Linux, it's the unwillingness of software vendors to support it. The distinction might not be...I am going to come at you with "Linux is ready now," because the issue isn't the readiness of Linux, it's the unwillingness of software vendors to support it. The distinction might not be meaningful to you personally, but it's integral to understanding the broader problem of Microsoft's near-monopoly on end-user OSes.
I'm not even saying it's all sunshine and roses on the Linux side of the fence, just that framing it as "Linux just isn't ready" is reductive to the point of being misleading.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Promonk (edited )Link ParentIt kinda makes sense in the context of Roman culture though. Like any expansionist culture, they were jingoistic enough to neglect the things they didn't value too highly, and I'm sure by the time...It kinda makes sense in the context of Roman culture though. Like any expansionist culture, they were jingoistic enough to neglect the things they didn't value too highly, and I'm sure by the time of the Empire they were convinced Carthage was a solved problem, especially since Cato and his war hawk buddies made such a stink about the city. They weren't generally the sort of culture to celebrate the losing side, except in the very specific and complicated subject of Greece.
Then again, they did have Troy to look to as a template. I'm sure lots of Roman patricians thought of Carthage as their own Troy, even before Virgil made the connection explicit. The Iliad we have today is pretty celebratory of the Trojans despite, or maybe because of, their loss and extinction. Maybe there was some cultural bias against acknowledging the continuance of Carthaginian culture after the conquest because the really good tragic losers have the decency to stop existing after they lose.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Promonk Link ParentYeah, that's a good point. I've always been a hardware guy, so my own views about what each component is are strongly influenced by the role the physical object serves, not the conceptual function...Yeah, that's a good point. I've always been a hardware guy, so my own views about what each component is are strongly influenced by the role the physical object serves, not the conceptual function of it. Since I was the jackass who brought up von Neumann, that's a fair gotcha.
I think what I was really trying to get at is what is and isn't a CPU or APU or SoC or whatever is more complicated now than it was when the vocabulary was established, which is understandable. We've come a fair way from the first white paper for EDVAC, and as we've hit various bottlenecks and physical limits, we've refined the roles that individual components (logical and physical) play.
This is part of why I usually try to avoid this sort of discussion topic. There are enough perfectly valid perspectives on any given subject that you could play the "well akshually" game until heat death if you're stubborn enough, and I lack that sort of commitment. I'm only stubborn enough in that regard to be annoying.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Promonk Link Parent"Carthago Delenda Est" would actually be a pretty good name for a Mediterranean-flavored metal band, come to think of it."Carthago Delenda Est" would actually be a pretty good name for a Mediterranean-flavored metal band, come to think of it.
"Tilde" derives from the Latin titulus through Spanish tilde. So the Latinate version would be "Tituli."
I also kind of like "Tildesinos," as a nod to its Spanish origin as well.