Fezzik's comments

On: Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy

[Fezzik]

I’m just offended Helen isn’t depicted as having goose parts. After-all, Zeus was a goose when he seduced Leda, and Helen hatched from an egg. Some part of her must be goosey.

Edit: I meant swan. My recollection of mythology is rusty.

[verisimi → Fezzik]

A black or white swan?

On: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

[Fezzik]

Most galvanizing statements have been pithy and comprehensible to 13 year olds. The general population is not doing a deep dive in to something like Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government,” contemplating the proper role of government, and then getting fired up to act. We need CliffsNotes, slogans, and visible art like this.

On: AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights

[Fezzik]

It became necessary because, for years (decades), if you made a comment online that your personal experience informed you in such-and-such a way, the first comment would always be some moronic comment dismissing that personal experience because it is just one person’s experience. So, to avoid that idiocy, people started to preface their anecdotes by acknowledging that they know it is an anecdote. It sets the tone for the conversation.

[davebren → Fezzik]

Yeah but we can't let the insufferable dictate our way of speaking. In spoken language I hear it mainly by people that don't have a scientific background trying to sound more scientific.

On: EFF is leaving X

[Fezzik]

All of them, I think?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_freedom

On: Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

[Fezzik]

Same. My work laptop has a touch screen and every now and then, when I remember that fact, I’ll use it to scroll through a few pages of a PDF. It gives me a chuckle because it’s so inefficient and inaccurate… then I immediately revert to my click-wheel mouse.

On: Passengers who refuse to use headphones can now be kicked off United flights

[Fezzik]

A lot of people don’t get a lot of things; you know the adage about stupidity being a more likely cause than malice. Just last week I had to explain to a grown adult why spitting on the sauna floor was disgusting and rude to the other gym members. He was shocked.

On: United Airlines says it will boot passengers who refuse to use headphones

[Fezzik]

The bigger scourge is people feeling they are entitled to broadcast their media in public spaces. You’re not. Ever. Stop it.

On: iPhone 17e

[Fezzik]

I stupidly downgraded to a 17 from the 13 mini two-weeks ago and I hate it. It’s the first time I have been earnestly tempted to just get a dumb-phone and be done with it. The constant growth of mobile phones is perplexing to me but I don’t doubt Apple knows what sells.

On: Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health

[Fezzik]

I don’t think anyone believes that in its entirety. But if you don’t think green house gases are a problem you are, on that topic, a dimwit.

On: Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health

[Fezzik]

Because a bunch of other dimwits voted for him and then another group of dimwits have no scruples and are too scared to stand-up to him and then these other dimwits… you get the point.