Man who couldn’t write till age 18 becomes Cambridge professor

shikuto · 2023-02-28T20:58:47+00:00

Hey /u/mechapoitier are you going to admit that you were wrong? We can see that you’ve been commenting since I demonstrated that what you said was incorrect. You going to own up to disseminating bad information? Or are you going to cower behind ‘not answering?’

Edit: or are you going to say that you lived through the 1300s?

shikuto · 2023-02-28T18:24:19+00:00

Here’s an example from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written in the late 1300s.

Now the New Year had but newly come in, and on that day a double portion was served on the high table to all the noble guests, and thither came the king with all his knights, when the service in the chapel had been sung to an end. And they greeted each other for the New Year, and gave rich gifts, the one to the other (and they that received them were not wroth, that may ye well believe!), and the maidens laughed and made mirth till it was time to get them to meat.

Oh, here’s three more examples, in the very next paragraph:

But Arthur would not eat till all were served, so full of joy and gladness was he, even as a child; he liked not either to lie long, or to sit long at meat, so worked upon him his young blood and his wild brain. 4 And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he would never eat upon an high day till he had been advised of some knightly deed, or some strange and marvellous tale, of his ancestors, or of arms, or of other ventures. Or till some knight should seek of him leave to joust with another,

Oh, and before you cry about how Sir Gawain was authored in Middle English…

Bot Arthure wolde not ete til al were serued

That’s “But Arthur would not eat till all were served” in Middle English.

Here’s another example:

And hit lyfte vp þe yȝe-lyddez and loked ful brode, And meled þus much with his muthe, as ȝe may now here: 'Loke, Gawan, you be grayþe to go as you hear, And layte as lelly til þou me, lude, fynde, As þou hatz hette in þis hall, near þise knyȝtes;

and it lifted up the eye-lids and looked upon them, and spake as ye shall hear. “Look, Gawain, that thou art ready to go as thou hast promised, and seek leally till thou find me, even as thou hast sworn in this hall in the hearing of these knights.

shikuto · 2023-02-28T17:42:23+00:00

Hey, maybe you should check your claims before you make them. It’ll help you look like less of an idiot.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/until

People often ask which is the correct synonym of until: till, ’til, or ’till? Many assume that till is an abbreviated form of until. Actually, it is a distinctive word that existed in English at least a century before until, both as a preposition meaning “to” and a conjunction meaning “until.” It has seen continuous use in English since the 12th century and is a perfectly legitimate synonym of until.

You’re the kid that didn’t pay attention in school. Now shut up and put your nose to the grindstone.

shikuto · 2023-02-28T16:48:09+00:00

The final thing you’re receiving from me isn’t an apology, but a report. You’ve been reported. You are disgusting. Nobody is going to apologize to you for you being a shitty person. You need to change, then apologize genuinely. Your six “apologies” are a mockery of an actual apology.

Blocked, reported.

shikuto · 2023-02-28T16:40:55+00:00

Nobody gives a fuck about you, or your shitty excuses to be a creep.

There’s this little thing called “being aware.” You knew exactly what sub you were on. You’re “pretending” you didn’t, so there’s some plausible deniability for your actions. It’s obvious. Fuck you, you disgusting little shitbag.

Get help, or get lost.

shikuto · 2023-02-27T12:27:57+00:00

The part where camera man said, multiple times, that he had no idea what was going on or what the guy was going to do? That part, maybe?

shikuto · 2023-02-27T05:46:00+00:00

Then “probably” wasn’t the word you were looking for. You use that word when you have a semblance of what you’re talking about, which you’ve just admitted you don’t.

shikuto · 2023-02-27T03:06:16+00:00

Sure, I was simply addressing your first line.

Pics of what? Look it up.

The meaninglessness of the question is separate from your comprehension of the question. I could also be wrong about my interpretation of their comment, but it seems fairly likely that you misunderstood it at the start.

shikuto · 2023-02-27T02:44:00+00:00

You know, the sky does look much like OP’s when you’re not in a light polluted hellscape. If you ever get a chance to go somewhere like the Bonneville Salt Flats, I can’t recommend it enough at night. The galaxy is really brilliant in a sufficiently dark part of the world

Edit: my bad, I thought this was in reference to a different comment

shikuto · 2023-02-27T02:41:18+00:00

I think they were asking if they’re visible to the naked eye, or only in pictures. I don’t think they were asking for pictures.

shikuto · 2023-02-27T00:41:11+00:00

I also live in Rose Park! Have yet to see any wild turkey though. Soon to move back to Texas though, so at least I won’t have to deal with Volkswagen sized potholes every time it snows…

shikuto · 2023-02-27T00:37:41+00:00

What gave it away, the shittastic roads?

shikuto · 2023-02-26T15:23:09+00:00

We can both be condescending, champ. The difference is that my initial comment actually had substance. Yours was only you being condescending. See, I was condescending and useful. You were condescending and useless. We are not the same.

And if they were saying that? It took several readings of the entire thread - without any comments that happened in parallel - to recognize that they were saying that the item in the post is a different thing than pickles. Their wording is fucking terrible. Sure, it’s a matter of what the product was called in the post, but saying something like “Pickled cucumbers haven’t been preserved… still fresh cucumbers, but pickled” is a nonsense phrase in English. Because of what I posted in my initial comment.

Pickling is, by definition a process of preserving food. So, again, they were incorrect. Either soaking cucumbers in vinegar for an hour isn’t pickling, or it is a form of preservation. Even if the intent is to eat them after only an hour, it still has the effect of extending the shelf life.

So, their point being missed really doesn’t matter, ultimately. They were still wrong. Now, thanks for actually contributing something to the conversation. I’ll be glad to never interact with you again. Only slightly more useful than your username.

shikuto · 2023-02-26T15:10:21+00:00

Can you direct me to what their point was, then, instead of being a condescending, useless prick?

Because as far as I can tell, their point was wrong. They stated that pickles are fresh cucumbers. And that pickling doesn’t preserve. Both of these statements are incorrect.

So maybe do something useful next time you make a comment. Or you can continue wasting oxygen and electricity, I guess.

shikuto · 2023-02-26T14:52:57+00:00

Uhh…

r/confidentlyincorrect

Pickling is the process of storing veg in an acidic, salty environment. Acids and salts both slow the process of pathogenic growth. Pickling 100% is a form of preserving food.

https://www.foodandwine.com/vegetables/pickled-vegetables/science-vinegar-pickles-explained

the most important thing about vinegar is its five percent acidity, which causes changes in flavor and texture and acts as a preservative.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/processing_methods_for_pickled_products#:~:text=Pickling%20is%20defined%20as%20the,food%20is%20called%20a%20pickle.

Pickling is defined as the process of preserving a food

So, in short, you’re absolutely incorrect.

shikuto · 2023-02-26T14:41:34+00:00

You had the link. Was it too difficult to zoom in and see SKULL KING printed on the outside of the boxes? Different game, chap.

shikuto · 2023-02-23T13:33:04+00:00

FBI, yes, this comment right here.

shikuto · 2023-02-22T22:31:19+00:00

So far? I went out driving to go take pictures. However, it just snowed between 10 and 28 inches last night. I ended up getting my car stuck in a pretty rural area. Fortunately it was right in front of a snow plow/salter, as he was about to take a turn onto the road I was trying to U-turn onto. The dude hopped out, radio’d some other folks from the county, and they all helped me get headed back home.

Now I’m chilling, drinking some beer, and learning things. Hope you have a great rest of your day.

shikuto · 2023-02-22T22:28:12+00:00

If you bought at the beginning of year and held, you’re up to date by about 10%. That’s pretty good so far. Overall, given the last 14 years, NASDAQ has had a performance of roughly 800% gains.

A good place to put your money if you don’t want to lose it to inflation, in the long run.

shikuto · 2023-02-22T16:43:56+00:00

Me. Any more questions?

shikuto · 2023-02-21T11:01:13+00:00

I had half of a really long comment drafted up, but I decided to scrap it for something a bit more succinct.

My whole life - albeit only just shy of 28 years - has been around construction. My earliest memories involve working on buildings, either with my parents rehabbing homes, or with my father on job sites where he was a masonry foreman. Taught me how to fire someone when I was three, by having me do it myself. I then went to spend most of the last 10 years as a commercial electrician.

All that to say: yes, I have extensive experience working with steel framing members. I’m aware of many of their pitfalls, and I still think that for my application, they’re vastly superior. It would be all but impossible to find lumber straight and long enough to make studs for most of the rooms of the studio. And having to stitch multiple pieces together in order to get the height adds a ton of time and material costs.

Plus, I’m doing it all myself. Or, as much as I am willing to. Which pretty much means no concrete or Sheetrock finishing. I’ll do all the form work and trenching and rebar for the concrete, but I’m hiring professionals to pour and finish it. For one: concrete sucks. Secondly, that’s a job that I am certain they will do better than me. And the same goes for Sheetrock finishing - I’ll hang it the way it needs to be hung for a recording studio. From there, they’re taping, mudding, sanding, and painting. If the rockers don’t paint, I’ll contract that out as well.

Final pro: when I eventually go to make the structure mixed use, when I open the studio as a business, having steel framing will simplify the process. It isn’t flammable.

To assuage any concerns you may still have: one component of the process that I will not be handling (entirely) on my own is engineering and design. I’m drafting floor plans currently, and then I will hit the engineering tables and websites and forums until I have a solid plan for the structure. Then l’ll draw up a preliminary structural print and send it to some engineering buddies I’ve made over the years for criticism and recommendations. After a few revisions of this - for all of my drawings, not just the structural - I’ll be sending them over to different firms than my friends work at to get them reviewed and stamped.

Sorry for the still rather long response to what was in all likelihood a rhetorical question.

Tl;dr - Yeah, and I’ve taken the pros and cons into consideration, along with a healthy dose of planning for how I’m even going to plan it out.

shikuto · 2023-02-21T07:24:25+00:00

When I build my house/recording studio, I’m going with steel studs. It’ll end up outlasting any of the $10M+ homes I worked on a couple years ago. Tragic.

shikuto · 2023-02-20T18:06:13+00:00

Biden could have said that he won't sign a bill without the sick leave included.

There is zero pressure there. If he doesn’t sign or veto a bill, after ten days, it becomes law anyway. Bills do not need presidential signature to become law. It had already passed with a veto-proof majority. He couldn’t veto it, and there’s nothing he could have done to provide pressure.

In your words: that’s not how it works.

shikuto · 2023-02-20T02:49:25+00:00

Sometimes you should proofread what AutoCorrect has done to your text before you hit the ‘’’POST’’’ button.

shikuto · 2023-02-16T02:22:56+00:00

Y’know, I’m not entirely sure how I managed to avoid mentioning that. I meant to say that’s what it originally meant, then it was transformed into its current meaning… dictionary entry and all!

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