analogyexpert
Re:How to Convert a PDF to Excel
on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @03:06PM (#20462923)
That depends on whether PDF is the heathen religion, or the heathen.
Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’
on Saturday March 16, 2019 @03:28PM (#19409679)
I think it requires some mental gymnastics to say that you shouldn't be surprised that a term that etymologically means 'according to the direct and actual meaning of the words themselves' could be reappropriated to mean, in effect, the opposite - literally almost nothing, a blank hyperbole - taking more purpose in its effect on the rhythm of a sentence, than from any of its dictionary definitions.
Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm
on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:05PM (#19391767)
I could decimate three pizzas and still fight to not have to share that third piece, unless these three pizzas were merely the sacrificial portion of a larger cohort of thirty pizzas.
Re:The Mystery of S., a Man with an Impossible Memory (2017)
on Sunday November 25, 2018 @11:16AM (#18527430)
It could still be argued that the difference is in degree rather than in kind- that the 'extra bandwidth connecting his senses' allowed him to clearly articulate as sensation a phenomenon much more subconscious in the typical patron's mind.
Re:Trivial authentication bypass in libssh leaves servers wide open
on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:38PM (#18245727)
or like the code equivalent of walking up to a locked door, shouting "let him in!" and being let in