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@ass.golf Hell, yes, it sure does.
@JohnPhilpin Absolutely! I’m not a speaker, but I know enough to know that, and have also heard it was once asked and answered in a court. That may be apocryphal, though.
Anyway, you could make an argument that it depends on the sex of the person, rather than their gender.
@mmetcalfe Oh no, that sounds very bad. Hope you’re getting the help you need.
@bugshaw.bsky.social That was fortuitous!
@JohnPhilpin @bradleyandroos According to Websters Bituminous is an adjective, meaning ‘Having the qualities of bitumen’. Which is what I understood it as. I’ve never heard of ‘bitumous’, which does sound more like a noun. But I can’t find a reference to that spelling anywhere.
@manton Ha! You know, I get mildly annoyed on the odd occasion I want to do something book-related on iOS and it’s not there. I have to go to the web. Completely forgot Epilogue is right over there!
@canion Utter bollocks, to my mind. At best it feels like an act of surrender to the machines. And it looks ugly and would be annoying to write (‘a thought am- a parenthetical thought am- and back’). And when you render your text in another typeface, what then?
It suddenly occurs to me that the whole thing is a joke.
@JohnPhilpin “Piqued”. Unless your interest has reached its highest possible level!
(Sorry, call me a pedant if you will, but I sometimes fear we’re in danger of losing words.)
@JohnPhilpin Or why not drop the silly cluttering hyphens and just use spaces?
Same for me. Been like that for a few weeks, on different networks.
@JohnPhilpin Thanks. I could, of course, have googled if myself, but I thought it was more fun to speculate.
@manton OK, thanks. Strange, because it seemed to be ok the few previous days. Sorry for disturbing your holiday.
@manton There’s something up with my blog. The post from last night is linked on the home page, but if you click through you get the ‘still being published’ message. I’ve tried a couple of full rebuilds, and there are a load of errors in the logs.
On further checking, all my posts have that message!
@andrewhickey.500songs.com That use of ‘original Alvin Stardust’: was there more than one Alvin?
@jarrod I’m surprised they’re going on with it even into this fifth season. The end of season four felt to me like it was done. But I suppose there are always more tales to tell.
@jarrod I’m surprised they’re going on with it even into this fifth season. The end of season four felt to me like it was done. But I suppose there are always more tales to tell.
@aaronpk What’s going on with that cat’s back legs?
@jsonbecker I’m not totally convinced by that argument. Software development is about a lot more than generating lines of code. Just as lines of code has never been a good measure of programmer productivity, the ability to generate massive amounts may not result in more productive teams.
@flotisserie That’s an interesting set of instructions. I wonder what kind of writing you’re using Claude to generate, since you’re obviously able to write yourself.
@patrickrhone If it helps (and why should it?) I’m on a 2017 Intel MacBook Pro. Still does most things fine. Though I can’t install some newer applications, which is a shame.
@ReaderJohn She had a hit single in the UK with ‘O Superman’, back in 1981. I had to check the year, I admit. It got to number 2!
@llbbl I know, I know. And I agree. But like I said, it’s hard not to celebrate when a tyrant like that goes. And maybe it was a tactical mistake, as I’ve seen some analysis saying. But the chance of the Iranian people being free, you know?
@JohnPhilpin Oh also, why does it say ‘Charlie Sheen’ at the end of your post? Is there something I’m missing?
@manton What’s the best way to report issues or request features? The usual email? Or have you got something else set up for Inkwell?
@dfte I completely agree.