Zompist Bboard Again

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 7:10 pm I just pictured an online lexicon made by an academic in the 90s, and it made my brain hurt. I assume it used frames?

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 2:34 pm No problem - just write a first draft in Unicode, then convert it to hexadecimal.

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:59 pm ("everything" except "herbicide-resistant weeds", of course - in the absence of any coherent economic policy I have to self-fund my Chenopodium berlandieri and Potentilla indica breeding programs by taking a day job)

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:02 amThe profit motive is extremely useful as you say, but only up to a point — once you’ve exhausted all the ways to increase profit by improving your product, the only thing left is to increase profit by worsening your product.

Vardelm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:11 pm

Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:23 pm Okay, I change my mind again - I am going to keep definiteness, albeit with it being optional.

I'm coining a new term: "whiplang", a conlang that changes back & forth between features extremely often, inducing feelings of whiplash.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:25 pm One thing I know for sure, the human tongue is not equipped to detect the level of saltiness of people in this thread when you suggest that they aren't capable of tasting both the position and velocity of individual electrons.

Talking about Cyrus’ conquest of Egypt in the MECK, zompist wrote:The pharaoh Amasis helped [Cyrus] by dying just before the war.

Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:46 pm I hope this is eligible for this thread, because it amuses me considerably:

Talking about Cyrus’ conquest of Egypt in the MECK, zompist wrote:The pharaoh Amasis helped [Cyrus] by dying just before the war.

The English remained paralyzed by their own rivalries until the following April, at which point Æthelred made an invaluable contribution to the war effort by dropping dead [...]

Qwynegold wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:00 am People have been arguing about food replicators for many, many pages in the random thread.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:25 pm One thing I know for sure, the human tongue is not equipped to detect the level of saltiness of people in this thread when you suggest that they aren't capable of tasting both the position and velocity of individual electrons.

zompist wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:45 pm

Qwynegold wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:00 am People have been arguing about food replicators for many, many pages in the random thread.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:25 pm One thing I know for sure, the human tongue is not equipped to detect the level of saltiness of people in this thread when you suggest that they aren't capable of tasting both the position and velocity of individual electrons.

It's kind of sad that Moose is being celebrated for over-the-top strawmanning. I guess "refuting" made-up shit that no one ever said is a great way to appear clever.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:15 pm The saltiness is spreading to additional threads! Insisting that replicators can't fool your primitive mouth organs is just homeopathy, but for soup.

Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:02 pm I can't believe Moose-tache's comments are actually being taken seriously.

zompist wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:35 pm

Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:02 pm I can't believe Moose-tache's comments are actually being taken seriously.

Maybe I don't find it as hilarious as you do to be called a crank because her made-up version of me has the wrong opinion about an impossible science-fiction device.

bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:49 pm

zompist wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:35 pm

Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:02 pm I can't believe Moose-tache's comments are actually being taken seriously.

Maybe I don't find it as hilarious as you do to be called a crank because her made-up version of me has the wrong opinion about an impossible science-fiction device.

I actually tend to agree with Travis here. Moose-tache’s comments were obviously hyperbolic, sarcastic and not meant to be taken seriously. She never used the word ‘crank’, and I don’t recall her referencing you by name at any point.

zompist wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:45 pm It's kind of sad that Moose is being celebrated for over-the-top strawmanning. I guess "refuting" made-up shit that no one ever said is a great way to appear clever.

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:19 am

jal wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:13 am OMG! I just learned that "usurp" doesn't start with "us"

Usurpation starts with you!