B. Smith-Mannschott

An American abroad. A German in Austria. A programmer with a taste for fountain pens and exotic keyboards. Not much older than Space Mountain. he/him.

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@Lauramaywendel Coding in light mode since the first time it was uncool. 😅

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@thephysicsgirl ❤️ To you both. I am gladdened to read that there’s been some progress. I see you both doing all you can and hope for further improvement. One day at a time. 🫂

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@borkdude (at Oberlin College, 1993)

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@TheAshawnDabney me

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@CascadeMedusa 😂🏆

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@thephysicsgirl How very frustrating! You have my fullest sympathy!
(I’ve struggled with something that has exactly this shape, though it’s not long Covid. How often did I reduce my goals and redouble my effort only to founder?)
May you soon see signs progress you can build gingerly upon.

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@LakotaMan1 I see you and am glad for it.

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@LakotaMan1 Always good advice. 😅

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@quaplek @BrandonBloom @in_trinitas return boolean ? false : true; // muhahahaha

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@thephysicsgirl Long grinding health stuff is the worst. I’m sure you’ve had periods of frustration in this slog. Be kind to yourself then, especially. Remember your body is doing the best it can under difficult circumstances. ::hug::

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@BriannaWu Compromise: consulting map of Arda is legal (but unhelpful).

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@borkdude Probably he doesn’t want (some future version of) Emacs sullied by executing non-free JavaScript slurped off the web when someone builds a Web-Browser-in-Emacs atop Java-Script-in-Emacs. Not a strong argument, but that's my best guess.

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@JoJoFromJerz I’m not much of a prescriptivist about language, so this sort of stuff doesn’t bother me particularly, however I can’t help but notice “on accident” and “irregardless”. The first makes me smile because it can be understood to improve consistency. The second: 🙄

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@RpsAgainstTrump #StandWithUkraine

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@designatednerd Wow! Good job.

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@nathaliejacoby1 Yes

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@neiltyson In a world where representatives’ choices clearly correlated with the preferences of their constituents, “followers” would fit. Unfortunately, this precondition doesn't seem well-supported by the evidence: e.g. https://t.co/fBc0fpQC40

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@designatednerd

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@nilikm 🙋‍♂️

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@CascadeMedusa ::sigh::, me too. They were great together, and I'm especially fond of River Song for being something that felt really clever and new in Doctor Who.