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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I always view that one as meaning that you must learn a lot about something in a short amount of time in order to use it effectively, where shallow learning curve, in a positive context, would mean you can make it useful without knowing all that much about its full capabilities.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

While not quite as passionate as you, I agree. Nuts don't help cake.

Advanced coursework in this subject: consider brownies.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (13 children)

If it were meant to be pronounced 'giff' as in 'goober', it would have been spelled that way. You decide to turn an initialism into an acronym, you get what you get.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

As an English major and history buff, Anti-Stratfordians live in my head rent-free. I hate their stupid, classist arguments that utterly depend on misunderstanding the context of Elizabethan theatre, Shakepeare's story, his work, that of his peers, and how truly well documented he is for a 16th-century commoner.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 46 points 10 hours ago (10 children)

Psycholinguisitics understands this effect. The "wrong" word is increasing cognitive load and slowing down the listener's comprehension. The exact same thing happens when pronoun use is unclear and a person has to parse the most likely referent from context.

Language, especially English, is not computer code but leveraging the existing "libraries" of meaning and declaring variables carefully is usually very useful.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Having lost a few rolls, many years ago, to a Sheltie puppy with cat-like tendencies, I understand how annoying that would be to live with for the animal's entire lifetime, and I'm willing to make an exception for cat owners. Otherwise it's just making things harder for no good reason.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world -3 points 18 hours ago

Turkey is pointless. It’s just chicken but always slightly worse. You have to deep fry turkey to get it within spitting distance of your average grocery store rotisserie chicken.

I’m mostly with OP here. The traditional American Thanksgiving menu is aggressively mediocre.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That reminds me of Drew Barrymore getting her "start" as a wide-eyed moppet in ET, but also with a 200-year family history as prominent actors, including close associations with the Booth family. Not really that anybody was trying to be particularly sneaky, just funny.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

It's okay. He said he loves Jesus. We're all fine!!!!!!

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just ask current Auburn University head football coach Hugh Freeze.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Let's also not forget that FFC also seems to think getting paid a day rate to be an extra is a form of sex work.

What a weird career capper this is all turning out to be.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

IIRC, unless you're designing for machining, FreeCAD usually behaves nicer if you use pockets versus holes. Wouldn't be surprised if a TNI bug persists longer in the hole tool, but on the other hand, I'm halfway talking out of my ass here.

 

Not my best work today.

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I imagine they're targeting their meetup in August to announce version 1.0.

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Sometimes if I type “LOL”, but I didn’t laugh out loud, I’ll do a quiet little chuckle so I’m not technically a liar.

I can’t blow bubbles in bubblegum beyond a sad little pea sized thing.

I can’t snap my fingers either.

I think The Last Jedi is the fourth best Star Wars film, behind only the original trilogy.

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I think they picked one of the better ones, though now I regret not screenshotting the poll to remind myself of which ones I voted for.

 
 

Time+3D printer+laser engraver=keeb

I had these cheap clone keycaps lying around, and I've been wanting to try a southpaw, as well as a no-stabs board that can accommodate sculpted keycap profiles, so here we are. Had to make a few compromises on layout to fit the keycaps I had on hand, but it's feeling pretty usable so far. Outemu dustproof green for MOAR CLICKY.

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...maybe a little too on the nose with channeling Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, there's some truly problematic stuff with the native Medusans that goes all but uncommented upon, there's some reactionary politics that may just be de rigeur for 20th century military sci-fi (I don't know... would be happy to be educated), and the characterizations are almost beside the point, I guess.

On the plus side, the world-building is starting out pretty meticulous in a satisfying way (except for Manticoran dates, which is there for good in-universe reasons, but Weber seems to be using it to be the one ongoing reminder that this the distant future and not exactly England in Space), there's a nice hyper-competence problem-solving ship's crew vibe that will feel familiar to Star Trek fans, and the descriptions of actual shipboard action are very engrossing. Stylistically, there's nothing to write home about, but it's clear prose and allowing for the aforementioned weak characterizations, there's nothing egregious either.

I am cautiously optimistic going forward, and if you had the budget (or could get an animated series greenlit), it seems to me that the universe and Honor herself could be spruced up and modernized into a really compelling space opera franchise that would be well-paced for TV.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15779428

If you use the right ink, the right plastic keycaps made for mechanical keyboards, and the right settings on your laser, you can effectively dye-sublimate any design you want.

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/699804325565108276

 

If you use the right ink, the right plastic keycaps made for mechanical keyboards, and the right settings on your laser, you can effectively dye-sublimate any design you want.

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/699804325565108276

 

Welcome to the intermittent hell my brain has been hitting me with for for 25 years.

 

I still pull this up from time to time and can't help but giggle.

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