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Not that I'm defending the title, but would "the Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than a Samsung Store" sound better? No, because samsung stores are far less
by earenndil 8y ago
Not that I'm defending the title, but would "the Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than a Samsung Store" sound better? No, because samsung stores are far less common and iconic.
- darkpuma 8y agoAlso that would sound like damning with faint praise.
- rusk 8y agofeint
- sangnoir 8y ago> feint Incorrect - it's not damning with fake praise - it's damning with super-light praise; the implication being the subject of 'praise' is not that great. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/damn_with_faint_praise https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/damn_with_faint_praise
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- rusk 8y agoFor some strange reason, paper with light lines on it is called feint ruled which is the source of my confusion going all the way back to my school days ... but every day is a school day, evidently.
- sangnoir 8y agoWow - that never registered in my mind before and I would have told you, with all conviction, that books say "faint ruled". Apparently[1] it's a 19th century variation of faint as used in the printing industry. 1. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/feint https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/fein...
- stallmanite 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law