@topspin A more detailed explanation would belong in the garage so you can ask there if you're interested.
Posts made by antiquarian
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@topspin So you admit it's political. The prosecution rests.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@topspin said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
What I did write was merely informational, like calling Reagan a Republican.
Called it!
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@topspin said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Who exactly do you think I've called that?
I'm not sure why that would matter. Are you going for the "but they really are Nazis" defense?
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@topspin said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Pointing out that a data-set is complete nonsense is political now?
No, but calling people proto-Nazis is.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
Yes, Virginia, there is a Left Garage.
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RE: In other news today...
@Atazhaia said in In other news today...:
Christian right-leaning furry convention
This is Peak 2022 and my greatest fear is that 2023 will be even worse.
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RE: In other news today...
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
You fled the wild turkeys?
I lived about half an hour away from Boston University so the wild turkeys weren't that much of an issue.
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RE: In other news today...
@Applied-Mediocrity I used to live in the area. I'm pretty sure he will say it's close enough.
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RE: Things that remind you of WDTWTF members
@loopback0 I'm in this picture and .
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RE: The Cooking Thread
@Zecc said in The Cooking Thread:
Well, I'm finished with the spritzing. Now what do I do with the rest of the bottle? Ah well, since it's already open...
I was going to say that I hoped he wasn't using anything better than Maker's Mark for the spritzing, but if he's going to pour some for himself afterward, that's fine.
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RE: The Whisky Topic
I've tried enough bourbons and ryes to start developing some preferences. So far, it appears my priorities are smoothness and an interesting nose and palate. So here's a ranked list, which will most likely change as I try more bourbons and ryes:
- Woodford Reserve Double-Oaked
- Elijah Craig Rye
- Redemption
- Bulleit Rye
- Jefferson's Small Batch
- Maker's Mark (don't feel guilty about using mixers; you won't be missing anything important)
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Atazhaia I will drink the coffee if you don't want it.
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RE: The Whisky Topic
@remi said in The Whisky Topic:
But now that I have it, I've got to use it, and I'm not gonna use an expensive vintage whisky to flambe a pancake!
You could save it for visitors you don't like that much. Or should that go in the evil ideas thread?
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RE: The Whisky Topic
@remi said in The Whisky Topic:
I think I would drink brake fluid before drinking that whisky.
If it's that bad you probably shouldn't be cooking with it either, and your food would taste better if you used something less awful.
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RE: It has started
@Arantor said in It has started:
Other forums seem to manage this.
Any ideas about how they do it?
By the way, your standard seems reasonable and I would be okay with us adopting it if I had a vote.
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RE: It has started
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in It has started:
Seriously, I have no idea what you think the algorithm for "This belongs in the Garage" ought to be. If you only answer one part of this post, please tell me how you think I'm supposed to look at a post I've written and decide whether to post it in General or The Garage.
I would also like to know how people here would answer this question.
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RE: Feature request: Limit time most users can be on the trolleybus garage
@Arantor said in Feature request: Limit time most users can be on the trolleybus garage:
I find it hard to deal with people who don't/won't empathise with others
Continuing from my followup post, how do you know that they don't or won't empathize with others? I'm guessing you're referring to the posts that said "that's his problem". If so, maybe the tone isn't to your liking but that position is entirely consistent with having empathy, and I'll explain how by giving my position.
I hope that Gaska somehow manages to fix the problems he's having. No one should have to live like that. At the same time, I believe that the changes that would be needed would require at least his consent if not his active participation, and in that sense I would say that it's his problem.
That said I'm not sure what the value is in expressing empathy for someone who (in theory) isn't even around to see it. Is it a matter of it being something that good people simply do and therefore you'd rather not deal with people who won't do it? Or is there something else going on?
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RE: Feature request: Limit time most users can be on the trolleybus garage
@Zerosquare I guess I didn't give enough information in my earlier post. It's not a matter of people I don't like saying it. Assuming people don't care about something without evidence other than the fact that they don't agree with your solution or don't agree about who is responsible for solving the problem is bad no matter who does it.
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RE: Feature request: Limit time most users can be on the trolleybus garage
@Zerosquare Get back to me when I start banning people then banning everyone who questions it.
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RE: Feature request: Limit time most users can be on the trolleybus garage
@Arantor said in Feature request: Limit time most users can be on the trolleybus garage:
What I don't know is whether you understand what this topic was about - recognising that some people have one or more problems and lack the tools or self-awareness to help themselves, and that perhaps thinking about their problem with a view to trying to help isn't the worst idea ever. It doesn't mean anything will actually happen, but just realising that other people have other needs goes a surprisingly long way.
Stop doing this. It's getting dangerously close to an emotional manipulation technique called "weaponized empathy". I'm sure that's not your intent, but the people who do have that intent use exactly the same language.
We all know that there are people who have problems that they can't fix themselves, and that there are people who have other needs.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@HardwareGeek That sounds like the perfect use case for a keurig. Use it for the first cup since you're not awake enough to know the difference, then once the first cup kicks in, have another cup that doesn't taste like the cardboard the kcups come in.
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RE: In other news today...
@GOG I've said it before and I'll say it again: real art doesn't need installation instructions.
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RE: Nope, you eat it
@boomzilla said in Nope, you eat it:
The vegan version is going to be beans and grain.
I still don't understand this. Why not just eat beans and grain? Why bother trying to make it look and taste like a burger?
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RE: The Unofficial Funny Comic Strips Thread®
@jinpa said in The Unofficial Funny Comic Strips Thread®:
If it were most other people here, I would figure you were trolling. Please clarify. Standard chess here is standard chess world-wide. The king is not actually captured.
This is only for blitz games. Under longer time controls, the procedure is to call over the tournament director, who may add time to the clock of the player making the illegal move or take other measures.
EDIT: The above is backward. the TD will give more time to the opponent of the player making the illegal move. Other measures would include forfeiting the game in the case of repeat offenses.
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RE: The Unofficial Funny Comic Strips Thread®
@GOG said in The Unofficial Funny Comic Strips Thread®:
I'm pretty sure there exist blitz variants where capturing the king is a valid way to win the game
That's actually the standard in the US.
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RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
@Gribnit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
attempted bartending doesn't sound like a real job.
It was more like a hobby. He wasn't doing it for the money.
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RE: Things that remind you of WDTWTF members
@loopback0 I'm in this picture and
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@loopback0 said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
So we can not make such a fuss about it for now then?
Don't worry, they will find something else to make a fuss about.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@MrL said in The Official Status Thread:
You'd think this should go to Nope, you eat it, but it's actually very good.
I think I speak for everyone when I say we'll take your word for it.
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RE: In other news today...
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
The country adopted a measure banning plant-based products from using the same names as food from dead animals.
Can we borrow that?
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RE: In other news today...
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in In other news today...:
90% of the Garage is us pointing at people who are trying to opt out of somebody else's inalienable rights.
And the other 10% is us pointing at people who are trying to create new inalienable rights.
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RE: In other hostile takeover Tweets...
@Arantor Not a lawyer but I've seen replies to that point saying that if there was fraud or misleading info then waiving due diligence doesn't matter.
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RE: The nerdy jokes thread (bonus original title mode!)
@boomzilla Eliot went to Harvard. It's full of people with slightly-above-average to far-above-average intelligence but with maturity levels matching the general population or worse. Literally everyone would have noticed.
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RE: Functional programming rah! OOP nah! Or how to know you're a zealot
@Arantor The evil ideas thread is .
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RE: Functional programming rah! OOP nah! Or how to know you're a zealot
@Mason_Wheeler He wrote The End Of History. I haven't read the book but according to Wikipedia then main idea is that history is over and liberal democracy won. The book was written before 9/11 and the patiot act, before critical theory escaped from the ivory tower and before lung aids. Saying it hasn't aged well could be the understatement of the century.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@izzion said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
The future nation @Izziontopia will be the pillar of salt and light in the Carribean
Does your future nation need any DBAs?
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@Gribnit You're restrained beneath the Pentagon.
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RE: The Whisky Topic
@Gribnit said in The Whisky Topic:
Find you a moonshiner.
There's a distillery about an hour away that has moonshine. They do tours. I'm planning a trip Saturday.