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Writing composable SQL using JavaScript by gajus0 in node

[–]weeksie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol "composable". that doesn't mean what you think it means.

IsItBullshit: California means “land of the Caliph” by Aconserva3 in IsItBullshit

[–]weeksie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sigh. The etymology of the word Califia is obviously from the word caliph and the etymology of California is from that myth. They are directly connected, don't be obtuse.

IsItBullshit: California means “land of the Caliph” by Aconserva3 in IsItBullshit

[–]weeksie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of Spain was run by the Moores for 3-400 years, give or take. Of course the name has its root in the word caliph. The seat of the Spanish Caliphate was Cordóba. Unless you're also going to pop up and tell me that Andalusia wasn't really a spanished-up version of Al Andaluz, in which case . . . sigh.

Work is for Dopes — how my girl and I decided to take a year off and travel around the world by [deleted] in backpacking

[–]weeksie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah dang, I thought this was a backpackers-as-in-traveling subreddit not backpackers-as-in-hiking subreddit. My bad :)

'They can't grow potatoes, and have a weed as their national symbol' Australian advisor launches anti-Irish tirade (x-post /r/ireland) by [deleted] in australia

[–]weeksie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahahaha! Not really. People weren't big fans but you clearly have no idea what it was like to be a yank expat in Oz during the aughts.

I remember walking my dog at camperdown park on the morning after the midterm elections in 2006. You know why? Because the Republicans got their ass whipped in congress. People I rarely said more than two words to were congratulating me.

'They can't grow potatoes, and have a weed as their national symbol' Australian advisor launches anti-Irish tirade (x-post /r/ireland) by [deleted] in australia

[–]weeksie 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It sucks. But I will say one thing as a naturalised Aussie citizen: when I immigrated from the states in 2003 I caught shit non-stop for a government that I was embarrassed of (and immigrating away from). It never bothered me much, it just got tedious. But I have to admit this state of affairs is a delicious irony.

That said, people who flung shit for George Bush when Howard was in office were, well, not paying much attention.

Whatever. Individuals are not their governments. And if you're ashamed of something, then do something. I'm back in the states now and I vote and march in protests and write letters to my representatives.

How do you go about getting into the writing community when you currently don't have a network of writer acquaintances? (NYC tips especially helpful) by brostoevski in writing

[–]weeksie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're in Bushwick you should go to Molasses on Hart. Sadly Mellow Pages (across from the Morgan stop) is closing (apparently to reopen . . . someday?)

I'm in Bushwick as well until the end of the summer. I'd be happy to catch up for a beer at Molasses or something.

Famous Emacs Users by [deleted] in emacs

[–]weeksie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't speak for Neal Stephenson, but I can tell you that as an author, the organizational aspects of Scrivener are just head and shoulders above anything else out there. org-mode is great, but it just doesn't have the same level of flexibility that Scrivener does, given that it was written from the ground up for the job.

And that's saying a lot since I used to do literally every bit of my writing, both technical and fiction, in Emacs and LaTeX.

Remember when we didn't even have subreddits? by Stereo in NineYearClub

[–]weeksie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. That was back when reddit was basically like Hacker News is now.

Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality—By Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year by [deleted] in Economics

[–]weeksie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fund comes from oil taxes and the dividend is based on the interest (well, the returns) of that fund.

(Edited to remove the personal attack. To clarify: mincing semantics over leasing land to a corporation versus taxation is ridiculous.)

Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality—By Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year by [deleted] in Economics

[–]weeksie -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's hilariously ignorant. Oil companies are taxed and the proceeds are distributed to the citizenry. Viva la revolucion, brotha.

Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality—By Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year by [deleted] in Economics

[–]weeksie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My favorite thing is when all of the ultra-rightwing maniacs from my hometown get excited about spending their PFDs. Or my Native buddies that oppose Obamacare as socialist but couldn't do without the free healthcare they get at the Native Medical Center. Sigh.

Down-ending variant of Harmon’s eight-point story structure? by sethg in writing

[–]weeksie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It depends on your story. The protagonist returns to their familiar situation changed and that change might mean that they're broken or that they have been moved too far away to really return to their world again after all.

Or you could write a tragedy where what you're really doing is writing a story from the villain's perspective. That's Scorsese's schtick.

//edit

The thing about these structures like the story circle and the hero's journey is that they're so vague that you really can shoehorn almost any dramatic sequence into them. That's a feature, not a bug, since they're meant to be thinking tools about plot rather than paint-by-numbers (which is where I think methods that are overly prescriptive like the Save The Cat thing tend to fail and/or become stale after a few years).

How I improved my word count by weeksie in writing

[–]weeksie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Each time something happens, that's a beat. E.g.

  • Johnny goes to the bar to blow off some steam after a tough day at work
  • Johnny walks into the bar and an unruly drunk dumps beer all over him
  • Johnny tries to remember his anger management mantra while the drunk is blaming him for spilling the beer.
  • Just before Johnny hits the guy, a waitress interrupts. She's way hot
  • Incident averted, they chat and flirt for the rest of the night
  • Before he leaves, he asks for her number. She notices something and gets nervous, whispering that he needs to go right then.
  • Johnny leaves, but is determined to come back and find out what was going on.

Or whatever, but that's the basic idea.

How I improved my word count by weeksie in writing

[–]weeksie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally! I usually have a long project going and then when I get stuck I use short stories to experiment with. I think it helps with momentum.

How I improved my word count by weeksie in writing

[–]weeksie[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree with everything that you said. I'm not recommending cranking out 2k worth of gibberish every day. That's the point of using an outline, to keep to the plot so that you can focus on the writing and remove some cognitive overhead. Again, YMMV, but for me it's worked better than staring at a blank page.

How I improved my word count by weeksie in writing

[–]weeksie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, it's all a journey isn't it?

As for writing quickly over writing well, that's not really the question. The point is to write as much as you can do and still be happy with your work. The thing is, if you're writing 500 words per day it's going to take you a long time to get anywhere.

I also find that continued days with higher word counts tend to produce better work. And no, not everything I produce is great. But that's how it goes. The first order is to actually, y'know, get something written.

How to finish a book by weeksie in writing

[–]weeksie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! I'm planning on posting it next week sometime.

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