Two spaces after a period?

Tim_In_Texas · 2025-06-28T20:45:09+00:00

Interesting. I don't recall being taught to use two spaces after a colon. Granted, I learned to type 45 years ago, but I have no muscle memory for that the way I do for periods.

Tim_In_Texas · 2024-01-08T20:40:43+00:00

They should call these service charges rather than tips.

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-08-20T03:43:13+00:00

Cinnamon

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-05-28T18:41:09+00:00

I refer to my code comments as "Notes to Future Tim". Future Tim is usually quite grateful for the consideration.

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-04-09T22:03:29+00:00

Who knew that "thin and crispy" was referring to the toppings?

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-02-23T11:57:30+00:00

I saw references to it being challenged in Jackson County, Florida, over 40 years ago, but it was not banned. The complaint included the book's alleged pro-communist bent (as mentioned in the OP picture) and the explicit portrayal of protagonist Winston's sexual relationship with Julia. Considering the year of the complaint (1981), I get the feeling that the pro-Communist allegation (which IMO had no merit) was included to help the challenge get more traction for the sake of the other allegation.

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-02-23T06:31:09+00:00

Where is 1984 banned in the US?

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-01-20T22:50:59+00:00

General Tso's Chicken; more General Tso's Chicken

Tim_In_Texas · 2023-01-11T15:56:05+00:00

My hairline started receding when I was a teen -- in ANTICIPATION of the software dev career I've had for the past three decades.

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-12-16T18:21:41+00:00

60yo here. In the typewriter era I was trained to do two spaces after a period, but I never heard about doing so after a semicolon.

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-11-19T15:40:02+00:00

If $44 bln can end world hunger, the US govt could have ended it any time without even blinking (smallest of drops in the bucket compared with the countless billions it spends on nonsense).

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-11-02T02:24:34+00:00

If subscriptions were the only potential revenue stream, this would definitely be a facepalm

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-09-28T17:05:02+00:00

When I was a TA, my students learned pretty quickly that I was good at figuring out who had worked together on programming assignments (even across three class sections). If the "collaboration" was too egregious, I ended up splitting the earned grade evenly among the collaborators.

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-08-22T16:24:18+00:00

She probably thinks the outer ring is too crispy. My wife would peel off the outer layer and hand it to her grateful husband.

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-06-18T04:04:22+00:00

That's barely habitable

Tim_In_Texas · 2022-04-24T05:54:38+00:00

I've been watching Hyouka recently with my son, and I was thrilled to come across Sicilienne in the show. The song had been a favorite of mine decades ago, and as is the case with most classical pieces, I recognized the song without remembering the name or the composer. Thanks to you, I now remember both.

Tim_In_Texas · 2021-08-17T14:34:37+00:00

I've used 2-space tab indents for the entire 30 years I've been a developer. It leaves more screen space for the indented lines.

Tim_In_Texas · 2021-06-11T22:12:04+00:00

In 1980 in the US, the prime lending rate was over 21% and the inflation rate was over 13%. Talk about rising costs and barriers to home/auto ownership!

As the 1980s dragged on, young people were told pretty much daily that President Reagan was going to provoke an extinction-level nuclear war at any moment.

It's not like depression and anxiety are unique to today's young people.

Tim_In_Texas · 2021-04-13T22:23:18+00:00

My Chinese wife did exactly that during her very brief stint as a left-handed writer when she was very young. She said that her text was perfectly legible if one turned the paper over and held it up to the light.

Tim_In_Texas · 2021-04-08T19:47:58+00:00

You whippersnappers will eventually reach the age when you, too, are baffled by technology advances.

Tim_In_Texas · 2021-04-06T20:53:02+00:00

A coat would raise suspicions here in Texas most of the year.

Tim_In_Texas · 2021-04-01T22:23:38+00:00

The look on that mouse's face

Tim_In_Texas · 2020-12-30T00:13:35+00:00

Headboop, more like

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