It was 10 days, but, yeah, not a lot of time, especially for one guy. (That one guy was Brendan Eich, by the way.)

Why do you park in a driveway and drive in a parkway? What is the deal?

Oh, I used to do this all the time. You see a word in print, but you never hear anybody say it, so you wind up pronouncing it wrong.

I think the best was when I pronounced “misled” as my-seld because I thought it was the past tense of “misle”.

This reminds me of the time I had a co-worker tell me “That’s why they call it ‘work’. 'Cause you’re working!”

There’s always one in the comment section. And today, it’s you!

Thanks for doing your part.

Elo is not an acronym, so you don’t need to put it in all-caps.

This is why I always do research on the game before playing it. Optimally, I’ll download and read the rulebook, but “let’s play” videos work in a pinch. (Or if the rulebook is a bit obtuse.)

Of course, if you don’t know what you’re playing beforehand, then it’s up to the host(s) to teach you, and it all depends upon how good they are at teaching (and how good you are at paying attention). These situations are obviously much more dodgy, so I try to at least peruse the rulebook a bit and keep it nearby during the game so that I can look up rules during other players’ turns.

Finally, it does get easier. It does take time and energy to learn these more complex games, but the payoff is more interesting and satisfying game experiences. Every time you play, you learn a little more. Of course, if you aren’t getting any enjoyment out of it at all, you might want to stick with lighter games.

There is absolutely nothing I do in an IDE frequently enough to memorize a bunch of arcane commands, especially in 3 days. Regex solves any mass-operations.

Yeah, don’t memorize a bunch of arcane commands. Use regex instead!

I refuse to see how vim and emacs is worth learning.

Interesting choice of words. You aren’t unable to see…you refuse to. Why would you refuse knowledge?

This happens much more often than the other one.

It isn’t assault if you get permission first. WTF.

I always think about stuff like this whenever libertarians talk about how much more efficient corporations are than government. I’m like, “Have you ever worked for a corporation?” Organizations are just huge dumpster fires in general, because they’re all run by humans.

That should be elementary computer literacy: if you don’t know what the file does, then don’t delete it.

I knew somebody would have the relevant xkcd.

I doubt Douglass was saying shit like “this Lincoln guy isn’t perfect…let’s just elect Breckinridge and get it over with”

That’s a straw man. Nobody is saying that about Trump.

Sure, if you really only have two shitty choices, by all means pick the one that’s less shitty. That isn’t what Democrats are proposing, though. They have 4 choices (or more) and are eliminating candidates based on “electability”, not values.

Going back to OP’s Discord group, what happens when a progressive runs for office? Do they support them? Or do they say “Sorry, you have no chance of winning here, so we’re going to support the lesser fascist”?

Naw, they wanted the metaphorical length. Computers are great at metaphors.

Why wouldn’t he embrace it? It put him back into the spotlight after 20 years!

Hackerman

Some people think it’s dehumanizing. As an adjective, it’s more acceptable (“There is a female nurse”); it sounds a bit off-putting as a noun (“The nurse is a female”). There are some people who don’t like to use it at all, and that leads to awkward things like using “woman” as an adjective (“There is a woman nurse”)!

You’re probably okay as long as you stick to using it as an adjective, but you still might offend some people.