steve.rothskeller.net
Disaster Preparedness Specialist for Sunnyvale, CA. Retired software architect for Hewlett-Packard. Sing tenor in Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley.
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I had a hard-to-reschedule optometrist appointment, scheduled long before this became a protest day. Spent the day closeted in a dark room waiting for my dilated eyes to recover. A protest would have been preferable in several ways...
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I am disappointed that the local government department I work for still only posts on X, Facebook, and Instagram. It's not for any reason other than inertia. Our social media person is overworked with three outlets and isn't up for adding more.
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While we were waiting outside the Council chambers on Tuesday for the delayed start of the DPS awards, I commented to several people about how Tuesdays are a marathon for you all. Thanks for doing a job I would not want!
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Sounds like you're on the A-side of an A/B test. It hasn't been imposed on my Gmail, at least not yet. It's available in the toolbar but not intruding or interrupting.
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I knew you as an author first. Went from that to your blog, and from there to your social media.
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Interesting. When I saw this, I thought, "that could simply be 'most confusing.'" And "most grumbling" almost works, but not quite. Yet "most winning" doesn't work without another word, like "most often winning" or "most frequently winning." The lack of parallelism is odd.
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I have seen much evidence that confirms you are not, in fact, the grumbliest man on Bluesky. And I would hate for any interaction with me to lead you there, so I will hide my distaste for "winniest" behind a "de gustibus." 😀
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Is the meaning clear? Is there a preferable alternative that is equally clear and equally concise?
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It still makes sense when writing in a monospace font — fairly common in software even if nowhere else.
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This way the Braille readers know it isn't the bathroom?
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I'm looking forward to hearing your first organ composition.
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Ponder the next generation?
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What news sources do you use, when you need a recap of the past week and don't want to read the full accumulation of everything you would normally have been following?
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A reunion of Gretchen and Zoë would be an amazing thing to read about.
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Now I'm embarrassed to admit that I read the book and didn't even think twice about the usage. It should have jumped out at me, and didn't. Sigh.
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Good to know! I just try to be cautious about taking what I read online at face value — and quoting statistics that aren't recent is usually a red flag.
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You mean, the actual number *was* less than 1%, five years ago. The only reason to quote a number from that long ago is if the more recent numbers don't support the argument.
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I have been surprised to find how my attitude on this has changed since I retired and am living on savings. What seemed to me like more than enough when I retired now leaves me feeling anxious, particularly as health care and inflation grow.
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I'm curious how a lawyer could find the actual person/company behind the handle.
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Sounds like maybe JSON-Patch (RFC 6902) might be what you're looking for?