JDGM

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by JDGM 14y ago
Fascinating. What an effective stunt! I believe you, but cannot find any links that confirm this is a hoax. Anyone?
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by JDGM 14y ago
"There are times when you do not want to be unserious and insincere, and some people are, and its embarrassing. Comic Sans is just a vector for that, but if you find fault with it, its still the people who are at fault." I don't understand
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by JDGM 14y ago
Now I've read that article I can clearly hear myself saying "Comic Sans is the typeface of a talking dog" countless times over the next rest of my life.
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by JDGM 14y ago
Excellent point. I rarely think of those as standardised structural conventions for clearly and efficiently conveying meaning to those acquainted with the terms and, to my shame, usually write them off as obfuscating functions to mislead or
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by JDGM 14y ago
The author gives three very persuasive reasons for NOT "breaking the code of silence", with no explicit rebuttals to them. Perhaps the implied point is that by calling people to arms to speak up, the peer pressure (reason #2) will crumble,
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by JDGM 14y ago
"The Mayfield story was so irrelevant to Lehrer's case, in fact, that I couldn't help but wonder if he had another motive for its telling." I think the technique of anecdote as wingman is a fashionable way to make a piece more attention-kee
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by JDGM 14y ago
There's an ambiguity in your comment. You set up "more likely to believe Lehrer now", and then in the second paragraph go on to say: "On the other hand, I'm less likely [to believe Lehrer now] because he's a shameful liar, and I don't want
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by JDGM 14y ago
I find there's something very satisfying about a photoset like this of such a meticulous disassembly. From the text, the part I found particularly interesting was this: "We don't understand the point of heavily-glued batteries. This kind of
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by JDGM 14y ago
That one leaped out at me too. I don't believe the author is cheating though, he just hasn't fully explained what he did in the step. From what I can deduce, and my own experience, he more accurately means: "one [slightly] darker color [and