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a) That's not the last paragraph, but the antepenultimate. b) As far as I can tell, Gilmore was not trying to censor anyone. It seems more like the EFF has put
by FabHK 5y ago
a) That's not the last paragraph, but the antepenultimate.
b) As far as I can tell, Gilmore was not trying to censor anyone. It seems more like the EFF has put Gilmore on the other side of their firewall.
- OnlineGladiator 5y ago> antepenultimate And I thought knowing what penultimate meant was fun. For those that don't know, penultimate means second to last and antepenultimate means third to last.
- FabHK 5y ago(There's also "preantepenultimate" if you ever want to say fourth to last without saying fourth to last...) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preantepenultimate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preantepenultimate
- OnlineGladiator 5y agoNow I'm curious if there's a word meaning 'having more syllables than the definition itself' because we crossed that barrier back at antepenultimate (and penultimate already is tied with 'second to last').
- chrismorgan 5y agoWell, there’s sesquipedalia for long words. You can also try hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippopotomonstrosesquipedalio....
- teawrecks 5y agoAnd apparently propreantepenultimate. Love this lol
- antiretard 5y agoLiteral soyjack poggers-posting reddit cunt. "Love this lol." Please kill yourself in a fucking dumpster so nobody has to inconvenience himself cleaning up the mess you left behind.
- mgdlbp 5y agoThis aversion to repetition has also engendered such words as quasihemidemisemiquaver—half half half half eighth note.
- hpoe 5y agoWell I found my new favorite word of the week antepenultimate. Thanks FabHK.
- NikolaNovak 5y agoI have now discovered "preantepenultimate" and my world is a happier place with a bit of faith in humanity restored. Thank you for leading the way :)
- __d 5y agoSo ... propreantepenultimate must have really tipped you over into ecstasy? :-)
- mgdlbp 5y agoPerhaps you'll also find joy in 'demisemihemidemisemiquaver' and friends! Here, though, the quest for elegant variation must prematurely conclude at 'quasihemidemisemiquaver'.
- NikolaNovak 5y agoI see why that would appear that way, but no... Music Theory, a.k.a. "Random disorganized thoughts of 18th century grouchy old white Austrians" is a place where logic and joy go to die! Reading "A quarter note triplet consists of three-quarter notes over the same amount of time as two-quarter notes" causes Baby buddha Jesus-Mohammad to cry and kick puppies in frustration at where humanity has gotten.
- SahAssar 5y agoHonest question: why use words like "antepenultimate" that are not in common use and don't convey any more meaning than a more common form (like third-last)?
- dredmorbius 5y agoLanguage, like programming skill or physical muscles, develops under use. Failure to extend beyond quotidian usage and trepidation over sesquipedalian terms will result in atrophy. Someone probably learned a new word today here. Or was reminded of an unfamiliar one. And yes, there's virtue as well in clarity. Sometimes that comes from precision.
- catskul2 5y agoBut it wasn't more precise.
- shadowgovt 5y agoOf course, like programming, there's also something to be said for adhering to readability guidelines. ;)
- drewcoo 5y agoIt was easy enough to suss out the meaning based on context. // No comments needed to explain this one!
- antiretard 5y agoGet a load of this retarded asshole.
- newsclues 5y agoDictionaries exist. Anyone is welcome to look up words they don’t understand.
- antiretard 5y ago
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe reading I take is that Gilmore opposed censorship, and presumably was impeding actions of the EFF which might be interpreted as same, effectively exercising power through veto (see Francis Fukuyama's concept of a "vetocracy", and note that I'm not familiar enough with EFF's governance to know specifically what veto or obstruction powers exist). The irony is that the EFF routed around Gilmore's presumed obstruction. For the record, I'm increasingly of the view that free-speech absolutism is very badly flawed. If my reading of the situation is correct, then I'd agree with the action. That said, I'm as much in the dark as anyone whose information is the Register piece itself, so don't read too much into what I'm saying.
- antiretard 5y agoOF COURSE one of the most arrogant posters on the antepenultimate subthread is an anti-free-speech fucking goon. Fuck you.
- chrismcb 5y agoWhy do you think free speech absolutism is very badly flawed?
- dredmorbius 5y agoFor the same reason (virtually?) all absolutism is: it backs itself into a corner from which there is no escape. It discards any pragmatism or nuance. What I'm evolving toward is a sense of interrelated, and often opposing, rights and obligations around communications. Free expression, a right to truth, privacy in general, though some obligation for disclosure in public interest or concern, freedoms of and from association or expression, among others. The benefit to this is that it gives a unified scope for looking at what have been a set of distinct and discrete rights. The disadvantage is that there's no simple or clear guidance, only trade-offs. Though (another benefit) at least those trade-offs are made clear, explicit, and the relationships are established. I've found a few others thinking along similar lines, with some work out of the Berkman Klein Center (at Harvard) and UC Berkeley, the latter specifically addressing a right to the truth. I can dig up specific names if requested.