nchallak
Re:I like 'em thick OR: an apology to my English teachers
on Thursday August 20, 2026 @01:10PM (#49377361)
This was very good to read. I would like to add "form/structure" to attributes of "thick"ness. It is possible for good art to adhere strictly to a form and yet be universal and transcend the confines imposed by form. E.g. meters in poems. When I write a poem, the imposed constraints make me weigh and choose from multiple words in a way that free-verse doesn't. Now whether that makes for better reading or not is something a reader should say :)
Re:ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:24PM (#43938558)
Lead tastes a bit sweet.
Re:Every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence
on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:55PM (#39854253)
Isn't this just another definition of the original principle. People rise to the level where their noise is just enough to not worry the people promoting them i.e. the lesser their noise is the more they will be promoted. What you are offering seems like an explanation rather than a new observation.
Re:Calibre – E-Book Management
on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @07:27PM (#26963379)
Kovid (pronounced with a soft d sound as 'th' in the) means an "expert in his domain".
Re:India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giants
on Saturday September 01, 2018 @02:06PM (#17893136)
> "This sounds kind of naïve. It's not because of data related policies that these haven't happened."
Maybe they are not talking about data related policies but more about policies that could foster local development. Agree with your other points.
Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker
on Monday January 30, 2017 @09:24PM (#13526992)
There are a couple of hidden assumption here:
1. It is possible to punish a person for his crimes in a justifiable manner.
2. People are somehow deterred by punishment when the option of winning via cheating is available to them.
It's very hard to argue that 1 is possible considering the ethical dilemmas that it exposes e.g. would capital punishment be a justifiable punishment for a murderer?
If 2 were true, then there wouldn't be doping scandals in sports, would there?
Re:Physicists Create World’s First Time Crystal
on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:11PM (#12656564)
Ever since I saw my parents' initial skepticism to the use of handheld devices (smartphones, tablets etc.) I have always wondered what such a mental block for my generation might be like. It could very well be an invention such as this that is considered speculative today which might become viable overnight. My kid may someday wonder why his dad doesn't understand basic quantum phenomena.
Re:Blue Eyes Logic Puzzle
on Friday January 03, 2014 @02:19PM (#7007439)
But why will a non-blue eyed person not think the same then?