bss03

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[–] bss03 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Universal love and Transcendent joy

But, if you can't do that, I'd like to enjoy the things I used to (~ 2019?) enjoy.

[–] bss03 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] bss03 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I did know that. I don't recall pronouncing it incorrectly since learning that fact, but I don't talk about those books or their author frequently.

[–] bss03 4 points 1 month ago

It's "Lay" because it's borrowed from / referencing "lay person" i.e. not a member of the (TeX) priesthood.

[–] bss03 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

People should be able to name their own babies.

I disagree. I think persons should name themselves. But, I understand there are practicalities that require some name to be assigned by outsiders at least until the person can talk.

For things that aren't conscious or are incapable of speech, I think we collectively assign a name. I'm fine giving higher weight to the name chosen by the "creator" or "discover", but I'm not fine with giving them veto power / final cut.

[–] bss03 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's "up tack": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_tack

I always pronounced it bottom because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_element_and_least_element#Top_and_bottom or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_type which is how the Haskell report (where I got comfortable with the symbol) uses it.

[–] bss03 23 points 1 month ago

LaTeX (/ˈlɑːtɛk/ ⓘ LAH-tek or /ˈleɪtɛk/ LAY-tek,[2] often stylized as LaTeX) is a software system for typesetting documents

Note the pronunciation is distinct from /ˈleɪˌtɛks/ the material.

But, sure everyone has to make that joke at least once.

[–] bss03 1 points 1 month ago

I could see that if beef is really expensive and pizza doesn't include any beef "by default".

[–] bss03 11 points 1 month ago

In the package, there will be a large square of herb-scented paper. This is the entire code for VüDü. Fold this paper into an origami shape resembling the animal you're installing VüDü on (see also Appendix II). There are folding directions for common animals in the box. Make a hollow inside your paper badger and add a little more blood and hair from your animal.

Don't lose the paper; replacements are expensive. There are recipes for homemade paper on the Web, but getting all the information correctly transcribed is a huge task, as this must be handwritten; furthermore, the requirements of herb collecting, drying, and curing are formidable.

Some man pages are more suitable than others.

[–] bss03 19 points 1 month ago

If you install Linux properly you'll get the experience with spirits you'll need.

[–] bss03 8 points 1 month ago

With the power imbalance between the two it feels like a situation where consent is impossible.

It took years for Lewinsky to understand this herself. So, please be kind to people that need instruction on the power dynamics of consent and provide that instruction, if you have the spoons.

Bill is almost definitely going down if the epstein stuff ever gets out

I've yet to find a person on social media that sees that as a problem.

I hope whatever happens it's more restorative and rehabilitative and less retributive or punitive.

[–] bss03 2 points 1 month ago

I doubt she's in need of commissions, but Charlie Jane Anders could write the hell out of that premise.

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