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Nitpicking the shell history scene in 'Tron: Legacy'

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/quasiblog/tron-legacy/

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OK, but why did you quote their post instead of reply to it? 😟

Love how in the thread about confusing "getting to exploit the idea monetarily with exclusive rights to its reproduction" and "people acknowledging you came up with it" someone immediately replies all like "Oh, so I'm exploiting people, just because I want acknowledgement?"

#meta #nitpicking

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C.Mar 22

@joel @pzmyers

I will probably read the novel some day. Scifi is virtually always better in written form; there's just so much you have to leave out to fit a story into a 2-hour movie. I think that's why many of the best scifi movies are based on short stories or perhaps novellas, rather than full-length novels.

On the subject of nitpicking: if the spaceship has magical engines to get it to near lightspeed, why would the crew have to travel in suspended animation/induced coma state? Time dilation would mean the trip was subjectively short, maybe just days or even hours, for everyone on board. Obviously I haven't seen it yet, so maybe that's addressed.

#nit #pick #nitpicking

ospalh Feb 22

My most inconsequential pet peeve:
People typesetting temperatures wrong.
The unit symbols are °C or °F. You set a space between the number and the unit symbol. A degree sign right next to a number is an angle.

Using first »from« and then »–« instead of »to« is also frowned upon. Or, using an en-dash for numeric ranges in running prose in general.
So:
»from 10 °C to 25 °C«.
#typography #nitpicking #petPeeve #degree

DWWILLIAMSON Feb 13

Nitpicking Evolution

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WIST Quotations Feb 3

A quotation from Emerson

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Essay (1841), "Self-Reliance," Essays: First Series, No. 2 | WIST Quotations

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. This thought continues here. This essay was inspired by his reading of Walter Savage Landor in 1833, with passages pulled from his lecture "Individualism," last in his course on "The Philosophy of History"…

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Carsten Becker Jan 2

Lernen die das eigentlich bei der Bahn so, dass "to arrive" ein transitives Verb ist und genau "erreichen" entspricht? 😕 (Ansonsten hat es mein ICE ohne sonderliche Verspätung von Frankfurt nach Berlin geschafft 😌)

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Danneau Oct 10, 2025

#grammar #nitpicking

I'm not generally a grammar enforcer, but I always find it interesting to see in what context people transgress. When SF Gate posted and article about a foiled attempt to put up a 94-foot sign for a mall and citizens persisted, finally installing a 500 pound engraved monument to celebrate their victory, I noticed that the transcription of the engraved text wasn't completely faithful.

https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/california-gas-station-500-pound-stone-spite-21092972.php

The text:
“In recognition of Lloyd Wright’s 94 foot high sign tower that was to have been erected on this spot. Its defeat is symbolic of the democratic process in which we live. The people did not wish this sign tower to be erected as they felt it was not needed and would blight their community. Their wishes were heard and adhered to by the developer, Stanley Fann. — 1970”

The picture of the actual engraving: