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How many letters?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Wonder how many actually use this word...
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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I've only ever seen this word used in crosswords
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Archaic French, so probably still used in Quebec.
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And Rees Mogg speeches.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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He said alien porn, not tractor porn.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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OK, I'll bite. nonpareil
scrambling the letters of alien porn to define unsurpassed
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YAUT!
kinky (anagram)
alien porn (letters)
is unsurpassed (definition)
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She wants to enter her Covid LFT result but her tablet is not playing ball, so she has been screaming at it for not turning on.
Finally, I go to investigate the problem, and ... the battery is at "0%" ...
At least it's easy to fix!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Quote: At least it's easy to fix! by taking some other tablets
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RickZeeland wrote: by taking some other's tablet FTFY
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Mine too. Only she would go back to quill pens and calligraphy if it were possible.
Ed
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Herself uses them for jigsaw puzzles, so the cat can't upset them.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Slow Eddie wrote: Only she would go back to quill pens and calligraphy if it were possible. If I only could ... My wife (then) was the editor of a small magazine published by our local historical society, I was the computer typesetting consultant. This guy that regularly made headlines for some articles, as well as the the front page, did use a real quill pen for his calligraphy. He was so unsatisfied with the ink he could buy here in Norway that he traveled to the Netherlands for the sole purpose of buying the right ingredients to mix his own ink of proper quality. Note that he did not buy Dutch ink, just the ingredients so that he could control all aspects of the ink composition!
But gee, if I could have had a handwriting like his! Every word he wrote was a graphical piece of art.
Looking at my own handwriting, I feel ashamed. I have always been ashamed of it. So from day one of my playing around with computers, I let them handle all of my writing. My upbringing had taught me that personal letters always should be hand written, never typed. I have consistently been misbehaving for more than forty six years now. Not a single letter has been in my handwriting since 1975. I do believe that the readers of my letters are happy with it.
Still, I wish that I really knew how to do calligraphy with a real quill pen.
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Oh, just wait until she has to use 2FA to sign into her tablet, then puzzle site, etc.
Herself: I need my phone to do my puzzles on my tablet!?! (launches nuclear missiles) 🚀🚀🚀🚀
2FA drives me nuts.
Here's my contribution to the 2FA discussion[^]. It's star wars based so it should go over really well here.
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I really hate those code reviewer who say "oh your variable name is too short, or too long, or I don't like like it, blah, blah"... but I realize I somewhat became what I hate meself... Thankfully I still don't care about the length, or abbreviation, or single letter variables... But when one used a concatenation of multiple full words, what really grates me is... spelling mistakes! :/
like
- m_SomethingManger, argh.. it's manager, 2 "a" you dyslexic moppet!
- currentTransation, what's a transation? did you forget a "c"?
anyhow, no biggie. What I noticed though, is when I say "spelling please", my comment is ignored I guess while you can't unsee it once you see it, you probably can't see it, until someone.. mmm.. spell it out! (pun intended )
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Plural variables are my issue. Tons instead of ton, etc. Higher probability of a single letter spelling error.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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What do you do about arrays? Singular or plural?
Plural looks better in declaration:
int apples[5]; Singular looks better in other statements:
if (apple[3] != rotten) …
I know it sounds silly, but I’m an adept of literate programming and somehow care about these little details.
Mircea
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Exactly. I agree. Avoid plural names, but seek collective nouns.
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Not talking about looks. It's writing code. I am not being fanatical just a rule of thumb(s).
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I always use the singular, because the declaration happens just once.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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curmudgin[curmudgins++] = "Super Lloyd";
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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OMG! What was I saying about spelling!!!!!
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Then don't apply for a job where I work, they seem to systematically do their spelling the wrong way
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