thymos

@thymos@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you people read books?⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
  • I usually sit on the couch sideways with two pillows in my back. I have a reading light now that I face towards the book. That made a big difference since I no longer have to stretch my neck to see the page.
    Back in university I had to read two books a week, that was tough. To stay concentrated I would sit at a desk or table with bright lights on.
  • I mostly read at night now, after my boyfriend has gone to sleep. He’s sweet and all, but can be very loud and distracting, so reading is practically impossible if he’s around. It sucks, but hey.
  • I rarely take notes, but if I do it’s in my note app on my phone. Which is kinda annoying, and might be why I don’t take many notes…
  • I don’t have a recommendation, but what I noticed myself about reading difficult material is that I sometimes lack some prerequisite knowledge. The book itself usually doesn’t make this explicit of course, but it can help to read a summary of the book first or a Wikipedia page about the topic before going in.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I didn’t know he had explained that, thanks. That’s a very manipulative way to go about things. Glad it was discovered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  guys and gals who have not had the ability to read or predict social cues nor understand how some acts will look like for outsiders.

  I guess the dev in question here is either young or on the spectrum. Both are alright and we all make mistakes.

  Definitely, even if old and neurotypical, we all make mistakes. And that’s okay.

  I’m not sure how much of a mistake this was, though. Why would they hide the banlist in such a way if they weren’t worried about social repercussions? Wouldn’t they just proudly announce it as a great new feature, especially if they lacked social tact? It seems to me the only reason to obscure your actions like this is precisely because you’re worried you might stir up a shitstorm.

  But maybe there’s another explanation for hiding the list that I can’t think of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the weirdest thing in english?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what is exceptional for English is that negation and forming a question require a modal verb. You can say “I love apples” but not “*I not love apples”, nor “*Love I apples?”. This is rare in a language. (An exception for negation could be “Apples, I love not”, but this does not sound like everyday speech.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's never wrong⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s available on archive.org. I might read this next, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 626 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been playing this too the past few days, I like it. The thing with the painting is, after you’ve painted for a while, you get perk points which you can spend to paint faster. You get assignments in your email inbox and there you will learn new skills and get money.

  Since you’re not the kind of person to do the same thing over and over though, I wouldn’t recommend this game. I think I’m more that kind of person, but I’m already getting tired of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give me some good ones⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From The Royal Tenenbaums:

  “Why did you specifically have to point out I’m not a genius?”

  “I just don’t use that word very lightly.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trivago⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s from a TV commercial, really annoying, with four guys sitting around a table talking about how cheap the hotel they’re at is. One guy says something like “yeah, only 300 bucks” and the others start laughing and repeating “you didn’t check trivao?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real easy⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Stable genius