tierack

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   by tierack 17y ago

   I used to think of commas as verbal pacing cues as well, but they have more in common with parentheses or semicolons in code. The rule I remember now is "Commas are for parsing, not rendering."
2. 32.▲
   by tierack 17y ago

   One of the things I missed most (and will miss again in a couple of months) are the inside jokes. I guess that falls under watercooler chit-chat, though it's harder to stay in the loop with that. Come July, I'll bid a fond farewell to bal
3. 33.▲
   by tierack 18y ago

   The idea is that, initially, all cars had toilets (see the invisible emphasis of "only" in "if only fifty percent of the cars would be equipped with a toilet"). Of course, there must have been plenty of cost associated with handling toilet