rindolf | https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/17t4kkt/unless_explicitly_specified_otherwise_open_source/ |
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rindolf | sup, y’all? |
rindolf | redditers should understand that downarrow means 'not notable' rather than 'disagree' |
cantelope | it means whatever i want to to mean i im the one clicking it |
cantelope | you’re not my dad |
cantelope | if* |
rindolf | cantelope: what if you think it means 'get the death star to blow up Earth'? :p |
cantelope | this is a problem with symbols, be they buttons or words: the meaning is only ever that which is INTENDED BY THE USER, however maddeningly frustrating it may be, to have to do the research |
cantelope | dictionaries and stuff are just helpful ideas as to what the meaning(s) are likely to be, not what they must be necessarily |
cantelope | logic and understanding are hard |
rindolf | https://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/do_you_use_your_sites_to_serve_malware.xhtml |
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cantelope | rindolf: do you know about William Minor? The fellow who basically wrote yhe Oxford English Dictionary from within an insane asylum? It has always been thought as a randomly amusing piece of historical trivia, but i wonder: could he have foreseen the violent implications of his work? Now, we need not do research or proper investigation, with the common understanding that symbols’ documented meanings should be the expected |
cantelope | meanings, thererby tearing apart an already confused world |
rindolf | cantelope: there were far earlier dictionaries |
cantelope | yes |
cantelope | but the question remains: did Mr Minor have any idea as to the effect of his work? |
rindolf | cantelope: [[Moreover, note that like the X-files motto goes, “The truths are out there”. The media, including Internet sites, blogs, and social media (and I may err on it too some time), will always emit a lot of static white noise in all directions (for example see my notes about Paris Hilton later), but people can tell the truth. The Bible depicts acts of massacre, adultery, and incest that would seem appalling, and which histori |
rindolf | ans believe were common back then (see e.g: the story Levite’s concubine). Nevertheless, generations of children (and adults) who read it, knew better than to emulate that.]] |
cantelope | we’ll be okay, as long as we remember that honesty is a real option |
* rindolf | is now playing: /home/shlomif/Download/Video/Howard Changing Topics To His Space Trip - The Big Bang Theory-dkIEuyEsVgY.mp4 [00:22/00:57] |
cantelope | https://i.imgur.io/NZmv9m6.jpeg |