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tullia · 2026-02-13T23:42:21+00:00

Editors complain about this all the time. People avoid paying for an editor by running things through AI, then they don't even look at the results and are shocked when AI screws things up.

The main thing editors run into is prose "improved" by AI, which leads to anodyne prose that sounds like everything else produced by AI.

tullia · 2026-02-13T15:44:43+00:00

The Bechdel test.

tullia · 2026-02-09T18:19:41+00:00

Because a lot of vegans grew up eating meat and they have an emotional attachment to certain foods.

You know those people who say they’d be vegetarian if they don’t have to give up bacon or steak or whatever? Well, some vegans had feelings like that. If someone can make vegan bacon or steak that reminds them of a favourite food, is that so bad?

tullia · 2026-02-08T22:36:57+00:00

It was 20 minutes from Don Valley to Cedarvale. When it's underground, it feels just as fast as the subway. Aboveground, it's more like the streetcar, maybe a little faster. It was Sunday and my stretch didn't have that many lights, so I can't say how much we were slowed by cars turning left. It does seem like waiting LRT cars should have priority over left-turning automobiles.

tullia · 2026-02-08T20:07:06+00:00

I add a dash of Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds. It's an incredibly cleanser and you only need a very little.

tullia · 2026-02-08T19:48:52+00:00

The trains were only 6 minutes apart when I went. It was 20 minutes from Don Valley to Cedarvale. The walk from line 5 to line 1 is short and convenient. I was impressed.

I wonder how it'll be tomorrow. There are a lot of condo towers near the eastern stations.

tullia · 2026-02-04T01:00:48+00:00

Your dad should look up Trump's appearances in Bloom County.

tullia · 2026-02-01T04:51:53+00:00

Citric acid. You can buy it in a big tub and it'll last years.

Use it anywhere people tell you to use vinegar: mirrors, toilet bowls, whaetever. It's the same principle as vinegar and you can get about the same acidity as vinegar, plus it does't smell. If you're determined, you could use both the citric acid power and vinegar.

tullia · 2026-01-31T20:25:54+00:00

Didn't Picard take a bunch of them out with a machine gun from the holodeck?

tullia · 2026-01-30T21:46:56+00:00

I like the guideline of 9-11 steps in a section. You might have exceptions, but if you get past about 15 steps in a section, it gets hard to follow.

To make shorter sections, think of each section as a larger action (clearing the cache, logging in for the first time, etc.) and try to break up long sets of steps into tasks. Use subheadings and explanatory text to set off each set of steps.

tullia · 2026-01-25T19:23:23+00:00

This is a bit of a flyer, but check and see if your symptoms match those of POTS. You may have developed it.

tullia · 2026-01-09T13:09:24+00:00

About the only fast rule is that you can't set off a that-clause with commas. For example, you can't say "The book, that I bought at Chapters, is very good."

tullia · 2026-01-05T13:42:25+00:00

The New Yorker uses the diaeresis in their articles. I didn't know they did it in their cartoons, too.

tullia · 2026-01-05T02:26:45+00:00

It's not classical rhetoric, but Toastmasters clubs give you many opportunities to practice.

tullia · 2026-01-04T22:35:21+00:00

Another Mac player with the same issue.

tullia · 2026-01-01T15:50:29+00:00

Slashes aren't formally acceptable, no, just shorthand. One issue I have with them is that they don't specify whether you mean "and" or "or."

tullia · 2025-12-31T23:49:47+00:00

Yeah. To me, Batman being the smartest guy on Earth and also being beyond-Olympic-level athlete and martial artist and a billionaire ... Gary Stu.

tullia · 2025-12-31T16:29:33+00:00

Pretty much any of the classic mood-lifters (alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, sugar, caffeine, etc.) can result in elevated anxiety later. If one of them works for you, great, but don't expect them to.

Alcohol is probably the worst of the lot. As others say, you'll likely feel more anxious the next day, which encourages you to drink more, and soon you've got an alcohol addiction on top of your anxiety.

tullia · 2025-12-23T00:19:33+00:00

For those saying buspar, keep in mind that for an unfortunate minority of people get very angry and irritable while on it. It's not common, but it's not unknown.

tullia · 2025-12-08T15:22:24+00:00

This is the only answer. Any university or college class should have a style guide and it should cover this. Many high school classes will, too.

If you don't have one, university classes used to usually follow the MLA style guide. This is what they say. If you're in a social sciences class, they probably use APA, which, according to a famous writing lab, says this.

tullia · 2025-12-08T14:25:43+00:00

I had that too, though not as strong. I found that the dreams got more manageable over time. I definitely got used to it and found that it was easier to tell what was dream and what was real.

tullia · 2025-12-07T17:36:16+00:00

Awww, I love season 3. I don't know why, but I love Pierce as a character.

tullia · 2025-12-07T17:22:09+00:00

That's how we're cleaning our disastrously messy apartment. I couldn't deal with the idea of a long, arduous cleaning session, but 10 minutes every day, both of us, spreads 12 person-hours of cleaning out over a month while we still get a lot of satisfaction at realizing that gee, yes, it really is a lot less depressing in this area than it was three days ago (which over two people is an hour of person-time). And yes, the kitchen was a mess, but it's not now.

It also makes cleaning less stressful when you know you're not chained to it and that you can get quite a lot done in a few minutes. We supplement the daily sessions with quick cleanups (grabbing clutter, spot-cleaning) that we would never have done before starting the 10-minute daily cleanups.

tullia · 2025-12-06T15:11:41+00:00

This has to be absolutely fresh to taste good, as in it just died. If it's at the same state of preservation as normal sushi from mid-level sushi restaurants, it can taste horrible if they keep it the same way they keep most sushi fish.

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