C. Annaeus Iacōbus

Latīnitās mē dēlectat. Carmina in Tūbulō recitō.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

I was angry with Amazon, but now I’m even angrier with @Walmart

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When you’re a first-time user who’s just set up an online account, @Walmart apparently likes to cancel every single order you make while providing you absolutely no explanation or instructions for how to fix things.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

@abw317 Nihil dixit. Id quod mihi placuit dē hōc apud Au. Gellium est rēm grammaticam, quae nōbīs saepe sit difficilis, hāc aetāte vīsum esse jocum vel aenigma vel dignum disputātiōnis.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

Aulus Gellius lūdum cēnae dēscrībit: explicāre hanc quaestionem

“Scripserim”, “lēgerim”, “vēnerim”—cujus temporis verba [sunt], praeteritī an futūrī an utrīusque?

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@AlpacaAurelius https://t.co/E0EMHEc1Ag

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@AlpacaAurelius PBS or SciShow made a video about this not too far back. Researchers found that extreme weather events (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods) have a long-lasting effect on mortality because of how they disrupt community life and people’s relationships with health care professionals.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

@brothersjudd Perhaps a true statement, but there’s a less arrogant answer to this question. https://t.co/E0EMHEc1Ag

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Since it is so common for dictionaries and textbooks to gloss the phrase “floccī faciō” with the archaic idiom “it’s not worth a straw to me”, I’ve spent the past 10 years thinking that floccus meant “straw”. Very happy to be cured of my ignorance.

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@KenGardner11 @RobGeorge But how many of them will keep mentioning Trump after the primaries?

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I saw a vanity license plate of someone who I imagine knows the rules of Pinyin pronunciation and has a pet dog:

QIWAWA

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

In suburban Texas during an ice storm, it’s best not to leave the house for a few days. I pulled out a can of mackerel from the back of my pantry, and the “best before” date was in 2022. When I saw that, I thought of @scottlincicome and ate it. I hope I’m OK tomorrow.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

I hope you’re saving enough money on customer service to justify alienating customers.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

I just spent the past 30 minutes interacting with useless @AmazonHelp chatbots trying to complain about how the latest Kindle update broke the dictionary interface. I asked for an email address to send a written complaint, but they refused, so I canceled my Prime membership.

[Nathan @The_eBookReader]

Kindle User Interface Changing Again, and it Breaks the Dictionary https://t.co/zDDjPmIlN7

[Tech-Issues Today @TechIssues2day]

New Kindle update leaves bookmarks “useless,” users also unhappy with dictionary pop up and chapter layout

https://t.co/AjXubEPD0d

#Kindle

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

@AmazonHelp That’s not the feature I’m referring to. If I wasn’t satisfied with the definition I saw in tap-and-hold, I used to be able to open the full dictionary and browse to find what I want. That feature appears to be gone.

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

@amazon On my Kindle, not only could I get a word’s definition by clicking on it, but I could also open the dictionary. I used that second option every day. You recently removed that feature. That’s enough for me to buy a new device and go elsewhere for e-books. Fix it fast!

[C. Annaeus Iacōbus @JamesRHaney]

Now, I think all these strange “id”s are supposed to be “in”s.

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In my ebook of Quintilian’s Institūtiō Ōrātōria, there was a section in Book VI with a major scanning error where “in” was consistently misspelled as “īra”. It was very confusing. Now in Book VIII, there’s a passage where “id” is being used frequently in confusing ways. 🤷‍♂️

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But this time, the Scaife viewer has the same text as my ebook.