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> We can elucidate our woes by conjuring some contrived Rust code I need to work on my English vocabulary..
by ivanjermakov 2y ago
> We can elucidate our woes by conjuring some contrived Rust code
I need to work on my English vocabulary..
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- ggambetta 2y agoNo. Good technical writing is about making the reader feel smart, not the writer. Using big words goes in the opposite direction. The real art is in explaining complex ideas in simple terms.
- MathMonkeyMan 2y agoI think the idea is that the sentence introduces a contrived example, and so the author used roundabout words. Snake sentences sound sibilantly. It's a blog post.
- em-bee 2y agobut i think i understand the sentence, and so reading it makes me feel very smart ;-)
- thunderseethe 2y agoThat ones on me. I blog as a way to practice writing, and right now I'm working on picking more interesting verbs. I have a usage of `proselytize` later on that is outright smarmy.
- senderista 2y agoRelated nitpick: “maxima” is the plural form, “maximum” is the singular.
- ggambetta 2y agoSince you care about the quality of your writing: you almost certainly meant "one's" or "one is", not "ones". "Outright smarmy" is spicy, I give you that :)
- macgyverismo 2y agoThe comment in your frobulate code suggests one is to forbulate, yet reading The code it is very clear that there will only be frobulation happening in the outlined proceedings. Perhaps a minor revision is required.