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(2013)

• mhb 2y ago
  et alia: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=things+i+won%27t+work+with+ https://hn.algolia.com/?q=things+i+won%27t+work+with+
  • DylanSp 2y ago
    https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/things-i-wont-work-with https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/things-i-wont-wo... links to all of Lowe's posts in this category. The How Not to Do It series is also great - https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/how-not-to-do-it https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/how-not-to-do-it.
    • mech422 2y ago
      Derek Lowe's stuff is awesome - Probably the most famous 'stuff I won't work with' is 'sand won't save you this time' ... 1) https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-you-time https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-yo... edit: full index here: https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/things-i-wont-work-with https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/things-i-wont-wo...
  • brenns10 2y ago
    (warning: pedantic comment) "et alia" is used to refer to "the others (people)" whereas "et cetera" is used to refer to "the others (things)". So you'd use "et cetera" to refer to the other posts. But if you were writing a list of authors you might end with "et al." to indicate that there are more. I know correcting somebody's Latin usage is really pedantic even by HN's standards. I'm only saying it cause I find it interesting and want to share, not because I want to correct you :) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_cetera https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_cetera
    • GiovanniP 2y ago
      "et alii" for people (masculine plural nominative) "et alia" for things (neutrum plural nominative) "et cetera" for things as well
    • mhb 2y ago
      Ah. Thank you.