@lis
I find I can avoid⁷ most³ parentheses by using footnotes¹ 🤷♂️
¹) many people² appear to find footnotes irritating⁴, but they don't break up the reading flow as much as parentheses do.
²) or at least the ones I talked to about this. There may well be a sampling bias here.
³) maybe even all? I can't really think of a counter example, but might well be missing something somewhere.
⁴) "irritating" may not be the best word here - there's a perception of pretentiousness about footnotes⁶ that parentheses don't seem to convey.
⁵) This footnote isn't even referenced anywhere. You found it anyways. Yay, you!
⁶) Probably owing to the difficulty of inserting and tracking them before computers took most of that burden from us.
⁷) Or better "replace".
@rgb Lol, yeah. She's 20 years old, though, and had plenty of opportunities to learn other programming languages. She's doing Universal Learner Courses at Arizona State University and decided, on her own, to take a programming course. Only too late we learned why the language being taught wasn't listed in the description 😂
does anyone in the uk need their retro computer serviced/fixed/restored. i need money and i don't have a work visa #fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired #mutualaid
it's so cool when the the chord is angry at you for playing it. like it goes from a pleasant doooooo to a gaaaaarghhhhghghgghghgh
Me: Computer, please open this file full of numbers and display them on the screen
LibreOffice [very excited]: I have just invented the smollest, cutest window ever devised. I have named it Windy
How did we get here?
In what universe does anyone think that it makes sense to be greeted by this when you open a web site?
How the heck is the average user expected to be able to understand any of this?
How is sharing my stuff with 834 partners "responsible use of your data"?!
I hate everything. (I know, I posted a similar thing a few weeks ago but this really pisses me off)
You can already "QUOTE TOOT" in GoToSocial if you:
<blockquote cite="https://goblin.technology/@tobi/statuses/01HD47AEDY7QSHN5SDR4PJVYAV">
<p>*deep drag from my comically long cigarette in its diamante holster* actually sweatry it's not a GoToSocial bug</p>
<footer>—tobi, <cite><a href="https://goblin.technology/@tobi/statuses/01HD47AEDY7QSHN5SDR4PJVYAV">a post thereby</a></cite></footer>
</blockquote>
Produces the post seen in the image. Booya. Eat it nerds.
update: actually europe is the best. sorry we just are. i realised if i use my IKEA KOPPLA power strip instead of my other one then i can actually connect the power adaptors for my pc, monitor, laptop, phone, other phone, watch, midi sequencer and midi module SIMULTANEOUSLY⚡️⚡️⚡️
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess